Augustus Leveson-Gower Explained

Captain Augustus Leveson-Gower (21 June 1782 – 3 August 1802) served in the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary war.[1]

Career

He was commissioned as a Lieutenant on 11 January 1800.[2] He was commissioned as a Commander on 20 October 1801.[2] In April 1802 he was commissioned Captain[2] of, a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate.[3] He died aged 20 at Port Royal, Jamaica.

Family

Augustus Leveson-Gower was the son of Admiral the Hon. John Leveson-Gower (1740–1792) by his wife Frances Boscawen. Admiral John was the son of John Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Gower and Mary Tufton. Frances Boscawen was the eldest daughter of Admiral the Hon. Edward Boscawen and Frances Glanville.[4] Augustus Leveson-Gower died unmarried, without issue and was survived by his mother and all brothers and sisters.

Notes and References

  1. http://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_crewman&id=7300 Record for Augustus Leveson Gower on threedecks.org
  2. David Bonner Smith. Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy.
  3. Rif Winfield. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792.
  4. Charles Mosley, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1386

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