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Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet, (10 October 1767 – 3 October 1828) was a British Royal Navy officer. He was born at the family home of Fallodon, Northumberland on 10 October 1767, the third son of Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey (1729–1807) and Elizabeth Grey (1744–1822), and younger brother of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey and General Sir Henry George Grey. He served as a naval officer in the Royal Navy from the age of 14, and was on active service from 1781 to 1804, during the latter years of the American war of Independence, during the French Revolutionary War and the first year of the Napoleonic War. He served as Flag Captain for John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent and later as Master and Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet. He also served as Flag Captain for King George III on his royal yacht. From 1804 to 1806, he was Commissioner at Sheerness Dockyard, and from 1806 until his death on 3 October 1828 he was Commissioner at Portsmouth Dockyard〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=National Maritime Museum ) - Administrative/Biographical History of Grey, The Hon Sir George, 1st Bt., Captain, 1767–1828, whose papers are held by the National Maritime Museum.〕〔Creighton, Mandell. ''Memoir of Sir George Grey Bart., G.C.B.''. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901, p. 3-4. - The book is a memoir of Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet but the first chapter outlines the early lives of Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet; his parents and brothers; his wife, Mary Whitbread and her parents and their careers.〕 == Naval career == Grey served in the Royal Navy from the age of 14 in the West Indies and home waters from 1781. He was on under Captain Lord Robert Manners in Rodney's action of the Battle of the Saintes against the French on 12 April 1782〔〔National Archives Caird Library ADM 354/222/175 Letter from Commissioner Grey 13 April 1806, stating to the Navy Board that he had also served in Rodney's action of the 12 April 1782 on the Resolution〕 A commission for service at the rank of 4th Lieutenant was issued in 1784.〔National Archives, Kew, London. ref: ADM 6/23/248〕 Following representations made by Charles Grey, to John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham detailing the career of his son George, also a lieutenant in the navy, and requesting consideration for promotion. On 7 August 1793, confirmation was sent that George Grey had been appointed Captain of HMS ''Vesuvius''.〔(Charles, 1st Earl Grey ) - Letters between Charles Grey, 1st Earl and John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham dated 20 Apr 1793, 22 Apr 1793 and 7 Aug 1793 held in archives of Durham University〕 At the commencement of the war with France in 1793, Grey was serving on the 32-gun HMS ''Quebec'', from which he was promoted to the command of the ''Vesuvius'' bomb vessel〔(The Gentlemen's Magazine Vol. 144 ) p 371-372 – Obituary of Hon Sir G. Grey Bart〕 and on 3 October 1793, Sir John Jervis hoisted the flag of a Vice-Admiral of the Blue on HMS ''Boyne''; his flag captain was the son of the general commanding the troops, Captain George Grey, from thenceforth associated with his patron's services, and with his affection to the latest hour of his life〔Tucker. Jedediah Stephens (''Memoirs of Admiral the Right Hon the Earl of St. Vincent Vol. I'' ) Richard Bentley 1844, p. 105-6.〕The combined forces, commanded jointly by John Jervis and Grey's father, General Charles Grey, proceeded to the Caribbean where they captured the French colonies of Martinique, Guadeloupe and St Lucia. According to accounts of the time, Charles Grey ordered 2,400 troops to attack the French-held forts. His son, Captain George Grey and Captain Nugent were often employed, with 200 or 400 seamen, to move the heavy guns, ammunition and supplies to the troops, and at times to storm the enemy at the point of bayonet to gain territory.〔Tucker. Jedediah Stephens (''Memoirs of Admiral the Right Hon the Earl of St. Vincent Vol. I'' ) Richard Bentley 1844, p. 110-121.〕 On their return to British waters on 1 May 1795, HMS ''Boyne'' caught fire during Marine exercises while anchored off Spithead. The fire spread quickly, causing the on-board cannons to fire at nearby ships attempting to rescue the seamen on board. Eleven crewmen from the ''Boyne'' lost their lives, and two from the ''Queen Charlotte'', anchored nearby. The anchor cables were destroyed by the fire, so the ship drifted and eventually ran aground. It eventually had to be blown up, and the Boyne Buoy, still marks the position of the wreck near Southsea Castle at the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour. The accident happened before John Jervis had been able to remove all his papers and belongings, so everything he had on board was lost.〔Tucker. Jedediah Stephens (''Memoirs of Admiral the Right Hon the Earl of St. Vincent Vol. I'' ) Richard Bentley 1844, p. 135.〕 George Grey, as captain, was court-martialed but acquitted, as he had not been on board at the time.〔 In November 1796, Captain Grey sailed with John Jervis and Robert Calder on HMS ''Lively'', to join the Mediterranean Fleet at Gibraltar. Admiral Jervis raised his flag on with the two captains, Robert Calder as Captain of the Fleet and Captain George Grey to command his flagship〔Tucker. Jedediah Stephens (''Memoirs of Admiral the Right Hon the Earl of St. Vincent Vol. I'' ) Richard Bentley 1844, pp. 148/9.〕 The Admiral hoisted his flag on HMS Victory on joining the fleet. During the Battle of Cape St Vincent of the 14 February 1797, despite the heavy fighting, there was only one fatality on HMS ''Victory'', when a Marine was shot alongside John Jervis on the poop deck.〔〔Tucker. Jedediah Stephens (''Memoirs of Admiral the Right Hon the Earl of St. Vincent Vol. I'' ) Richard Bentley 1844, p. 259.〕 In August 1797, Captain Grey was given the command of and the following year, in September 1798, he succeeded Robert Calder as Master and Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, the orders coming from George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty on 29 August 1798.〔Private papers of George 2nd Earl Spencer, First Lord of the Admiralty 1794–1801, 29 August 1798 Letter Spencer to St Vincent () (Page 457) and () (Page 472) note at bottom of page stating George Grey succeeded Calder as Captain of the Fleet〕 By June 1799, Earl St Vincent had given Captain Grey the dormant position of Adjutant-General of Fleet and requested that he be permitted to have Grey accompany him home on the ''Ville de Paris''.〔Tucker. Jedediah Stephens (''Memoirs of Admiral the Right Hon the Earl of St. Vincent Vol. I'' ) Richard Bentley 1844, pp. 484/5.〕 The service record of George Grey as Adjutant General of the Fleet whilst on Argo and Guerrier from June to November 1799 by Evan Nepean 26 Dec 1801〔National Archives, Caird Library ADM 354/203/139〕 In April 1800, John Jervis was recalled to command the Channel Fleet, to quell the mutinous spirit of the crews. Lord St Vincent was desirous of calling to his assistance in the Channel, as many as he could of the Officers formed in the Mediterranean Fleet... That the Admiralty could not, at a moment's notice, comply with these wishes as fully as his Lordship imparted them, may also be as easily supposed. Captain Grey accompanied the Admiral as his Flag Captain on HMS ''Ville de Paris''.〔〔Tucker. Jedediah Stephens (''Memoirs of Admiral the Right Hon the Earl of St. Vincent Vol. II'' ) Richard Bentley 1844, p. 5-7.〕 At the beginning of the short peace in March 1801, he accepted the command of one of the royal yachts at Weymouth, and did not again see active service.〔Memoirs of Sir George Grey, Bart by Mandell Creighton and Edward Grey, Chapter 1, Page 12()〕 The Grey family lived at Weymouth for the three years of his service to King George III and a doll's house that was presented to his daughters by the Royal princesses is on display at Kew Palace. 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「Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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