A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sartorius, George Rose
SARTORIUS, Kt., K.S.B.D’A., K.C.T.S. (Captain, 1814. f-p., 16.)
Sir George Rose Sartorius, born in 1790, is eldest son of John Conrad Sartorius, Esq., Col. of Engineers, Hon.E.I.Co.’s service, by a daughter of ___ Rose, Esq.
This officer entered the Navy, in June, 1801, as a Volunteer, on board the Mary yacht, Capt. Sir Harry Burrard Neale; served, from May, 1802, until Oct. 1804, part of the time as Midshipman, in the Fisgard and Naiad frigates, commanded, on the Home station, by Capt. Jas. Wallis; and then joined the Tonnant 80, Capts. Wm. Henry Jervis and Chas. Tyler, under the latter of whom he fought at Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. Immediately after the battle he was placed with Lieut. Jas. Stuart on board the Bahama, one of the Spanish 74’s taken on the occasion. In June, 1806, he removed to the Daphne 20, Capt. Fras. Mason; and after assisting in that ship at the capture of Monte Video and participating in the various operations which preceded the evacuation of Spanish America, he was made Lieutenant, 5 March, 1808, into the Success 32, Capt. John Ayscough. In the course of the same and of the two following years we find him employed in affording protection to the Greenland fisheries, in assisting at the reduction of Ischia and Procida, and in co-operating in the defence of Sicily against the threatened invasion of Murat. On 4 April, 1810, he commanded the boats of the Success and Espoir brig, at the destruction, with a loss to the British of 2 men killed, of two vessels laden with oil, under a heavy fire of great guns and musketry, on the beach, near Castiglione,[1] and on 25 of the same month he assisted at the capture of an armed ship and three barks close to the castle of Terracina. After serving with the flotilla at the defence of Cadiz he was promoted, 1 Feb. 1812, to the rank of Commander. His next appointments were, 15 Aug. 1812 and 22 July, 1813, to the Snap 12 and Avon 18, both on the Home station; where, attaining Post-rank 6 June, 1814, he commanded, from 14 Dec. in that year until Aug. 1815, the Slaney 20, and was present at the surrender of Napoleon Buonaparte to Capt. Maitland of the Bellerophon. His last appointment was to the Malabar 72, in which ship, attached to the force in the Mediterranean, he remained from 19 Aug. 1841 until paid off in 1844. On 21 Aug. in the former year he received the honour of Knighthood; and on 9 Nov. 1846 he was nominated a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen.
In 1832 Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius assumed command, with the rank of Admiral, of Don Pedro’s fleet, whose movements he continued to direct until succeeded, in 1833, by Sir Charles Napier. His name in consequence was struck off the list of British Captains; but in 1836 it was restored. For his services to the Portuguese nation he received the title of Viscomte de Piedade, was presented with the Grand Cross of St. Bento d’Avis, and created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Tower and Sword. Sir George married, in 1839, a daughter of John Lamb, Esq., and has issue. Agents – Burnett and Holmes.
SARTORIUS, Kt. (Captain, 1814.)
Sir George Rose Sartorius commanded the Pyramus 42 in 1826-8.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 1138.