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Captain John Quilliam RN (born Marown, Isle of Man 29 September 1771 - died Michael, Isle of Man 10 October 1829) was a Royal Navy officer and the First Lieutenant on HMS ''Victory'' at the Battle of Trafalgar. He was a farmer’s son from the Isle of Man who was impressed in the Royal Navy in 1794.〔http://www.gov.im/mnh/heritage/library/publicinfo/nelsonsnavy.xml〕 ==Career== The eldest son of John Quilliam and Christian Clucas of Ballakelly, he was apprenticed to a stonemason, and then worked as a labourer until he was impressed into the Royal Navy in 1794. Unlike most impressed sailors, Quilliam rose rapidly in the Royal Navy. He is first recorded in 1797 at the Battle of Camperdown〔http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/worthies/p135.htm〕 when he was made a Lieutenant by Admiral Duncan. He was a Third Lieutenant on HMS Ethalion.On 7 October 1799 Quilliam's share of prize money for the capture of the 36 gun Spanish treasure ship ''Thetis'' was over £5000.〔pp.962-963 Marshall, John ''Royal Naval Biography : Or, Memoirs of the Services of All the Flag-officers, Superannuated Rear-Admirals, Retired-Captains, Post-Captains, and Commanders, Whose Names Appeared on the Admiralty List of Sea Officers at the Commencement of the Present Year, Or who Have Since Been Promoted, Illustrated by a Series of Historical and Explanatory Notes ... with Copious Addenda: Superannuated Rear-Admirals. Retired Captains. Post-Captains'' Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1825〕 He was First Lieutenant aboard at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801, his gallantry and calmness under fire following the death of Captain Edward Riou and all the senior officers on his ship was rewarded with being made First Lieutenant on HMS ''Victory'' by Horatio Nelson. Quilliam soon repaid the faith Nelson had placed in him as the following extract from ''James's Naval History of Great Britain'' shows, he assisted in steering her into action at Trafalgar: - "Just as she (the ''Victory'') had got about 500 yards of the larboard beam of the ''Bucentaure'' the ''Victorys mizzen-topmast was shot away, about two-thirds up. A shot also struck and knocked to pieces the wheel; and the ship was obliged to be steered from the gun room, the first lieutenant (John Quilliam) and master (Thomas Atkinson) relieving each other at the duty. After Trafalgar he was promoted to Captain and placed in command of HMS Ildefonso. He returned to the Isle of Man and in 1807, he was elected a member of the House of Keys. In 1808, he was captain of Admiral Stopford's flagship, HMS ''Spencer''. In 1812, he was captain of HMS ''Crescent'' and served as such until the defeat of Napoleon in 1815. During this time he captured a 14 gun American privateer, the ''Elbridge Gerry'' during the War of 1812.〔p.963 Marshall〕 He then returned to the Isle of Man and resided at the White House in Kirk Michael. He was re-elected a member of House of Keys in 1817. Qulliam died in 1829 and was buried in the graveyard at Kirk Arbory. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Quilliam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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