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Admiral Peter Rainier, Jr. (1741 – 7 April 1808) was a British naval officer. Mount Rainier in Washington, USA, was named after him. Rainier was born in England, the grandson of Daniel Regnier, a Huguenot refugee, and the son of Peter Rainier of Sandwich.〔(Peter Rainier at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography )〕 ==Naval career== Rainier enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1756 at the age of 15.〔 He served on , ''Yarmouth'', ''Norfolk'', and ''Burford''.〔 On 26 May 1768, working as the master of one of his family's merchant ships, Rainier was promoted to lieutenant.〔 During the American Revolutionary War, Rainier was severely wounded on 8 July 1778, while capturing a large American privateer.〔 He was promoted in rank and went on to become Captain of the 32-gun frigate . He commanded her on the Jamaica Station from 1786 to 1790. In 1790, he became the commander of HMS ''Monarch''.〔 On 8 May 1792, George Vancouver named Mount Rainier in modern-day Washington after Captain Rainier: :''"The weather was serene and pleasant, and the country continued to exhibit between us and the eastern snowy range the same luxuriant appearance. At is northern extremity, Mount Baker bore by compass N. 22E.; the round snowy mountain, now forming its southern extremity, and which, after my friend, Rear Admiral Rainier, I distinguish by the name of Mount Rainier, bore N(S) 42 E."''〔George Vancouver, ''A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World'', London, 1801, 80, vol. 2, pp 78-79〕 In early 1793, Rainier commissioned the 74-gun ''Suffolk''.〔 From 1794 to 1805, Rainier commanded Royal Navy operations on the East Indies Station.〔 During his tenure, large swaths of territory came under British control.〔 In 1795, Rainier was promoted to Rear-Admiral. Four years later, he was promoted to the rank of vice admiral.〔 He served in the East Indies as Commodore and commander-in-chief of a fleet until 1805, when he returned to England and retired from active duty.〔 In 1800, he commanded an expedition to Java. On 23 August 1800 ''Sybille'', , , and entered Batavia Roads and captured five Dutch armed vessels in all and destroyed 22 other vessels.〔 The British took one vessel into service and Captain Henry Lidgbird Ball of ''Daedalus'' named her , and ordered her manned, armed and equipped. (''Admiral Rainier'' was sold in September 1803.) 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「Peter Rainier, junior」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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