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Vice-Admiral Temple West (1714 – 9 August 1757) was a British naval officer, best known for his role as second-in-command to Admiral John Byng in the Battle of Minorca (1756). ==Early career and family== West was a younger son of Rev. Dr. Richard West, archdeacon of Berkshire, and his wife Maria Temple, daughter of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet and sister of the influential Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham and also Hester Grenville, 1st Countess Temple. His elder brother was the author Gilbert West. and his sister, Mary, married Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport.〔G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant'', new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 317. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.〕 In 1738, he was given command of ''Deal Castle'', a 24-gun sixth-rate.〔http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/18d.HTM〕 In 1742, he was made captain of ''Warwick'', a 60-gun fourth-rate. During the Battle of Toulon, ''Warwick'' was one of three ships that broke up a Franco-Spanish movement to weather the British line, but did so contrary to orders. He was court-martialed at Deptford on 13 December 1745, found guilty, and dismissed the service, but was reinstated on 12 May 1746 by Order in Council.〔http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/18uz.HTM〕 In 1747, he commanded ''Devonshire'' as flag-captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Warren at the Battle of Cape Finisterre. He married Frances Balchen, daughter of Admiral Sir John Balchen,〔(Carlton House, 15 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea )〕 and was the father of Balchen West and hence grandfather of Sir Edward West, first Chief Justice of Bombay. One son was John West (Royal Navy officer) 〔 John West's tomb inscription at West Wickham 〕 Another son, Martin West〔Charles Mosley, editor, ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage'', 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 48. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.〕 was Recorder of Lynn, who married Lady Maria Walpole, (daughter of Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford〔L. G. Pine, ''The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms'' (London: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 211. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.〕), by whom he had a son, Algernon West〔Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 990. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.〕 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「Temple West」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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