Peter Puget

Peter Puget (* 1765 - October 31, 1822 in Bath ) was a British officer in the Royal Navy .

His family fled France to Great Britain to escape persecution by Louis XIV as Huguenots . Puget first served under James Vashon in the West Indies , later as a lieutenant under Captain George Vancouver during his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America from 1791 to 1794. In 1792 he took over command of HMS Chatham in place of William Robert Broughton . Vancouver named the bay Puget Sound after him.

Puget was in command of several ships and distinguished himself in the 1807 bombardment of Copenhagen . He was accepted as a Companion in the Order of the Bath in 1818 and in 1821 reached the rank of Vice-Admiral .

From his marriage to Hannah Elrington in 1797, he had seven sons and four daughters. He died at his Bath home on October 31, 1822.

literature

• Robert C. Wing, Gordon Newell: Peter Puget. Lieutenant on the Vancouver Expedition, fighting British naval officer, the man for whom Puget Sound was named. Gray Beard Publishing, Seattle 1979, ISBN 0-933686-00-5 .