James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier

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James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, 1813

James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier (born October 13, 1756 in the Bahamas , †  April 19, 1833 in Ivor House near Uxbridge in Buckinghamshire , England) was a British admiral .

Life

James Gambier was the son of Lieutenant Governor (Engl. Lieutenant governor) of the Bahamas, John Gambier, and an uncle of the writer Georgiana Chatterton . He went to sea at the age of eleven, where he initially served on the ship of his uncle, the later Vice Admiral (English Vice Admiral) James Gambier. He became a sea captain in 1778 . In the Revolutionary War , his name was first on the conquest in 1780 Charleston called. He also distinguished himself in 1781 by thwarting the French operation against Jersey .

At the beginning of the war between France and Great Britain in 1793, he played a significant role in the battle off the English Channel on June 1, 1794, the naval battle of the Glorious First of June , where the British took seven ships of the line from the French and sank an eight. In 1795 Gambier was appointed Rear Admiral and appointed to the Admiralty . From 1802 to 1804 he was Commodore Governor of the Newfoundland Colony . Historic He achieved fame as a commander of the British fleet in the Battle of Copenhagen between 2 and 5 September 1807 with the capture of Copenhagen and the removal of the entire Danish fleet ended consisting of 17 battleships, 21 frigates and 25 gunboats was . Gambier transferred them together with the supplies from the arsenals to Great Britain. For this act, carried out with great energy and speed, but also all the more ruthlessly, he was raised to Baron Gambier , of Iver in the County of Buckingham, on November 3, 1807 and thereby became a member of the House of Lords .

In 1808, as commander of the Canal Fleet , he inflicted significant damage on the French at Île d'Aix . In 1811 he left the service and in 1814 became chairman of the commission that brought about peace with the United States in Ghent on December 24th . In 1815 he was inducted into the Bath Order as Knight Grand Cross . On July 22, 1830, he was promoted to the rank of naval admiral.

James Gambier died on April 19, 1833 at his home, Ivor House , near Uxbridge. Since his marriage to Louisa Matthew, which he had entered into in July 1788, had remained childless, his title of nobility expired on his death.

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predecessor Office successor
Charles Pole Commodore Governor of Newfoundland
1802–1804 		Erasmus Gower
Alan Gardner, 1st Baron Gardner Commander-in-Chief, Channel Fleet
1808-1811 		Charles Cotton
New title created Baron Gambier
1807-1833 		Title expired
personal data
SURNAME Gambier, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British naval admiral
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1756
PLACE OF BIRTH Bahamas
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 1833
Place of death Ivor House at Uxbridge