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Rh of Southampton River, to guard that place, and the west end of the Isle of Wight, in case of an invasion. On the 23rd April, 1804, he was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral; and about the same time appointed to the command of the naval force on the coast of Scotland, under the general orders of Lord Keith. He accordingly proceeded to Leith, where his flag was hoisted, and remained till the latter end of 1808, when he was relieved by Sir Edmund Nagle.

Previous to his relinquishment of the above command, the only one, we believe, enjoyed by him as a Flag-Officer, the Master and Brethren of the Trinity-House, Leith, presented him with the freedom of their Corporation, and an elegant silver snuff-box.

He was made Vice-Admiral, April 28, 1808; and Admiral, June 4, 1814. His only son is in holy orders.





Baron Exmouth; a Baronet; Admiral of the White; Knight Grand Cross of the most Honourable Military Order of the Bath; Knight of the Spanish Order of King Charles III.; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Ferdinand, and of Merit, of Naples; and of the Order of Wilhelm, of the Netherlands; Knight of the Royal Sardinian Military Order of St. Maurica, and St. Lazarus; and Knight of the Sardinian Order of Annunciation; Doctor of the Civil Law; President of the Liverpool Seaman’s Friend Society, and Bethel Union; a Vice-President of the Naval Charitable, and of the Naval and Military Bible Societies.

immediate ancestor of this nobleman was George Pellew, of Flushing, near Falmouth, Esq. who married Judith Shannon, by whom he had three sons; viz. first, John; second, Israel, who married Gertrude Trefusis, the descendant of a very ancient family in Cornwall, and a relative of Lord Clinton; and third, Samuel, who married Constance Longford, by whom he had issue, first, Samuel Humphrey; second, Edward, the subject of this memoir; third, Israel, a Vice-Admiral of the White; fourth, John, an officer in the army, who was killed at Saratoga; and fifth, Catharine, wife of the son of the Vice-Admiral of Sweden.

Mr. Edward Pellew was born, if we mistake not, at Dover,