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Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Hall Gage (2 October 1777 – 4 January 1864) was Second Sea Lord in the British Navy. He took part in the Battle of Cape St Vincent and the Siege of French-held Malta during the French Revolutionary Wars. He also saw action at the attack on the French ship ''Romulus'' during the closing stages of the Napoleonic Wars. As a senior officer, Gage became Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station and went on to be Commander-in-Chief in the Downs. Following the Belgian Revolution, Gage took part in the blockade of the Scheldt, offering naval support to the new Kingdom of Belgium. He then became Commander-in-Chief in Lisbon, with orders to protect the young Queen Maria II during the Liberal Wars. After that, Gage became Second Naval Lord in the Second Peel ministry and then Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth. ==Early career== Born the third son of General Thomas Gage and Margaret Kemble, Gage joined the Royal Navy in November 1789.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=William Gage )〕 He was appointed to the third-rate HMS ''Bellona'' at Portsmouth and, having been promoted to midshipman, transferred to the third-rate HMS ''Captain'' in September 1790.〔Heathcote, p. 93〕 He went on to serve in the third-rate HMS ''Colossus'', the sixth-rate HMS ''Proserpine'', the third-rate HMS ''America'', the third-rate HMS ''Egmont'' and then the second-rate HMS ''Princess Royal''.〔 In HMS ''Princess Royal'' he took part in the Battle of Leghorn in March 1795 and the Battle of Toulon in July 1795 during the French Revolutionary Wars.〔 He then transferred to third-rate HMS ''Bedford'' and saw action off Cádiz and then moved to the first-rate HMS ''Victory'', flagship of Sir John Jervis in his role as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Squadron.〔 Gage's grandfather had been a cousin of Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet who was a noted patron of Sussex cricket in the first half of the 18th century: Gage himself became involved in cricket and is recorded playing in two matches for the Montpelier and Kennington team in 1796 and in a first-class match in 1802. He had only one innings in that match and scored 15 not out.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=CricketArchive )〕 Gage transferred to the fifth-rate HMS ''Minerve'' in January 1796, and having been promoted to lieutenant on 11 March 1796, he took part in the capture of the Spanish ship ''Santa Sabina'' in December 1796.〔 He also took part in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in February 1797 and the capture of the French ship ''Mutine'' in May 1797.〔 Promoted to commander on 13 June 1797 and to captain on 26 July 1797, he became commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS ''Terpsichore'' and sailed to the Mediterranean to conduct the Siege of French-held Malta.〔 In HMS ''Terpsichore'' he also conveyed Charles Emmanuel, who had just abdicated as Prince of Piedmont, to exile in Sardinia in February 1799 and captured the Spanish ship ''San Antonio'' in June 1799.〔 In July 1800 he was involved in an incident in which his squadron stopped and searched a Danish convoy heading for France: the incident led to the formation of the Second League of Armed Neutrality, an alliance between Denmark–Norway, Prussia, Sweden and Russia.〔 Gage became commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS ''Uranie'' in the Channel Squadron in March 1801 and took part in the capture of the French ship ''Chevrette'' in July 1801.〔 He went on to be commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS ''Thetis'' in the Mediterranean Squadron in July 1805 and of the third-rate HMS ''Indus'' also in the Mediterranean Squadron in February 1813.〔 In HMS ''Indus'' he saw action at the attack on the French ship ''Romulus'' in February 1814 during the closing stages of the Napoleonic Wars.〔 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「William Hall Gage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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