Robert Montagu (Royal Navy officer) explained

Robert Montagu
Birth Date:1763
Death Date:27 November 1830
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Branch: Royal Navy
Rank:Admiral
Commands:HMS Seahorse
HMS Exeter
HMS Flora
HMS Aquilon
HMS Sampson
HMS Hector
HMS Cumberland
Jamaica Station
Battles:American Revolutionary War

French Revolutionary War

Napoleonic Wars

Admiral Robert Montagu (1763 – 27 November 1830) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.

Naval career

Born the son of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich and Martha Ray,[1] Robert Montagu joined the Royal Navy some time prior to 1778, at which point he was serving as a lieutenant in the 74-gun ship of the line HMS Superb, the flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes on the East Indies Station. Towards the start of 1781 the captain of the 24-gun frigate HMS Seahorse, also on the station, died. Hughes chose Montagu to succeed him in Superbe, and Montagu was promoted to captain on 3 March.

He saw action at the Battle of Sadras in February 1782 during the Anglo-French War and again at the Battle of Providien in April 1782 during the American Revolutionary War. He transferred to the command of the third-rate HMS Exeter in May 1782 in which he saw action at the Battle of Negapatam in July 1782, the Battle of Trincomalee in September 1782 and the Siege of Cuddalore in June 1783.[2] He went on to serve as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station in 1802.[3] He died in Cheltenham in 1830.[4]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Letter; Admiral Robert Montagu, Lower Tooting, co. Surrey, to 5th Earl of Sandwich. 27 April 1807. National Archives. 11 October 2015.
  2. Web site: Robert Montagu. Three Decks. 11 October 2015.
  3. Cundall, p. xx
  4. Book: United Service Magazine. 1831.