A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Mangin, Reuben Caillaud
MANGIN. (Rear-Admiral of the Blue, 1841. f-p., 10; h-p., 42.)
Reuben Caillaud Mangin was born 1 Nov. 1780, in Dublin, and died 20 July, 1846, at Kingstown, near that city. He was son of Lieut.-Colonel Sam. Henry Mangin, of the 12th Dragoons, and grand-nephew of Brigadier-General John Caillaud, of Aston House, co. Oxford.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Oct. 1794, as Midshipman, on board the Impregnable 98, Capt. Sir Chas. Cotton; and from the following Dec. until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 3 Dec. 1800, served (with the exception of a short attachment in 1799 to the Naiad frigate, Capt. Wm Pierrepont) in La Pomone 44, Canada 74, Téméraire 98, and Renown 74, all under the orders of his patron Sir John Borlase Warren. He was a participator, during that period, in the capture of an extraordinary number of vessels; was in the Pomone in the expedition to Quiberon in 1795; and was present in the Canada at the defeat of Commodore Bompart’s squadron, off the coast of Ireland, 12 Oct. 1798. His succeeding appointments were, 16 July, 1801, 19 May, 1802, and 16 July, 1803, to the Minerve,[1] San Fiorenzo, and Virginie frigates, Capts. Geo. Cockburn, Joseph Bingham, and John Poo Beresford, employed on the Mediterranean, East India, and Home stations. Obtaining a second promotal commission 8 May, 1804, Capt. Mangin was invested, 26 March, 1807, with the command of the Valorous praam. In that vessel he co-operated in the defence of Danzig, and was honoured with the thanks of the King of Prussia for the assistance he afforded in rescuing the garrison of Fort Weeickselmunde at the very moment it was about to be occupied by a division of Marshal Lefebvre’s troops. He was advanced, at the recommendation of Admiral Gambier, to Post-rank for his conduct off Copenhagen, 13 Oct. 1807; and from March to May, 1811, he held temporary command of the Saldanha frigate on the Irish coast. This was the last appointment he was able to procure. He acquired Flag-rank 23 Nov. 1841.
The Rear-Admiral married, 11 April, 1803, Magdalene, daughter of the Rev. H. D’AbZac, formerly Senior Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, by whom, who died 13 Aug. 1840, he had issue four sons and two daughters. Agents – Messrs. Halford and Co.
- ↑ The Minerve effected the capture and destruction, 2 Sept. 1801 , of the Succès of 32, and Bravoure of 42 guns.