A Naval Biographical Dictionary/De Sausmarez, Philip
DE SAUSMAREZ. (Commander, 1845. f-p. 14; h-p., 10.)
Philip De Sausmarez entered the Navy, 18 June, 1823, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Revenge 78, Capt. Sir Chas. Burrard, flag-ship of Sir Harry Neale, Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, where he continued until May, 1827 – serving intermediately, as Midshipman, in the Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Robt. Stuart, and Algerine 10, Capt. Wemyss. In March, 1828, after an interim attachment, at Portsmouth and Plymouth, to the Tweed 28, Capt. Lord Hen. John Spencer Churchill, and Britannia 120, flag-ship of the Earl of Northesk, he returned to the former station, on board the Blonde 46, Capt. Edm. Lyons; and in the following Oct., by the erection of batteries and otherwise, he co-operated with the French in the reduction of Morea Castle, the last hold of the Turks in the Peloponnesus.[1] Having passed his examination 11 Aug. 1829, Mr. De Sausmarez, who left the Blonde in Sept. 1830, was promoted, 3 Oct, 1831, to a Lieutenancy in the Pelorus 18, Capt. Rich. Meredith, stationed off the coast of Africa. We subsequently find him appointed – 18 June and 13 Sept. 1834, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley, and Endymion 50, Capt. Sir Sam. Roberts, respectively employed on the Mediterranean and Lisbon stations – and, 16 Nov. 1841, after an interval of exactly five years’ half-pay, to the Belleisle troop-ship, Capt. John Kingcome. Previously to the latter vessel being put out of commission in Sept. 1843, he appears to have been present during the operations in the Yang-tse-Kiang in 1842, and at the pacification of Nanking. Commander De Sausmarez assumed his present rank 25 July, 1845. He has not since been employed.
He married, 30 April, 1840, Jane Maria, only child of the late Lieut.-Colonel F. Barlow, of H.M. 61st, who fell at Salamanca at the head of his regiment. By that lady he has issue.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1828, p. 2201.