Captain Sir James Saumarez

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Captain Sir James Saumarez was a distinguished British Royal Navy officer and admiral renowned for his service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British military personnel ⓘ
Royal Navy officer ⓘ
admiral ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Swedish Royal Orders of Knighthood ⓘ
surface form: Knight of the Order of the Sword (Sweden)

Order of St. Anna ⓘ
surface form: Order of St. Anna (Russia)

Order of Saint Ferdinand and of Merit ⓘ
surface form: Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit (Two Sicilies)

Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword ⓘ
surface form: Order of the Sword, Commander Grand Cross (Sweden)
birthDate 1757-03-11 ⓘ
birthPlace Saint Peter Port ⓘ
surface form: St Peter Port, Guernsey
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Anglo-Russian War ⓘ
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1836-10-09 ⓘ
deathPlace Guernsey ⓘ
elevationToPeerage created Baron de Saumarez in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
familyOrigin Guernsey ⓘ
honorificPrefix Captain ⓘ
Sir ⓘ
knownFor command in the Baltic against French-aligned forces ⓘ
distinguished naval service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
victory over French and Spanish squadrons off Algeciras in 1801 ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
name Captain Sir James Saumarez self-link ⓘ
surface form: James Saumarez
nobleTitle James de Saumarez ⓘ
surface form: 1st Baron de Saumarez
notableBattle Battle of Algeciras Bay ⓘ
Battle of Cape St Vincent ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797)

Battle of Copenhagen ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Copenhagen (1801) – Baltic campaign context

Battle of the Nile ⓘ
Battle of the Saintes ⓘ
Glorious First of June ⓘ
Battle of Algeciras Bay ⓘ
surface form: Second Battle of Algeciras (Battle of Cape Trafalgar Bay, 1801)
notableCommand West Indies station ⓘ
surface form: Channel Islands station

HMS Crescent NERFINISHED ⓘ
HMS Orion NERFINISHED ⓘ
HMS Victory ⓘ
peerageCreationDate 1831 ⓘ
placeOfBurial L’Eree, Guernsey ⓘ
surface form: Castel, Guernsey
rank Admiral ⓘ
Captain ⓘ
Rear Admiral ⓘ
Vice Admiral ⓘ
serviceEnd early 19th century ⓘ
serviceStart circa 1770 ⓘ

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HMS Orion → notableCommander → Captain Sir James Saumarez ⓘ
Battle of Algeciras Bay → commander → Captain Sir James Saumarez ⓘ
this entity surface form: James Saumarez
Battle of Algeciras Bay → opposedBy → Captain Sir James Saumarez ⓘ
this entity surface form: Admiral James Saumarez
Captain Sir James Saumarez → name → Captain Sir James Saumarez self-link ⓘ
subject surface form: James Saumarez
this entity surface form: James Saumarez