august Prince could not do, as none beneath the rank of General and Flag-officers are now admitted to the honor of K.C.B.
One of Sir Nisbet J. Willoughby’s brothers, a captain in the 50th regiment of foot, was drowned at the debarkation of the British army, under Earl Cathcart, near Copenhagen, August 16, 1807. His youngest brother Ferris, perished in the Sylph sloop, off Long Island, Jan. 17, 1815.
There is an excellent full length portrait of Sir Nisbet J. Willoughby (by Barber) at VVollaton, the principal seat of the head of his family, Henry Lord Middleton: the same mansion also contains one of Admiral Sir Hugh Willoughby, who was frozen to death in a desert part of Russian Lapland, when endeavouring to discover a N.E. passage to China, in the year 1553[1].
EDWARD WALLIS HOARE, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1810.]
This officer is related to Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, K.C.B. He was made a Lieutenant in Aug. 1796;
- ↑ Dr. Robertson says:– “Richard Chancelour, the captain of the other vessel, was more fortunate; he entered the White Sea, and wintered in safety at Archangel. Though no vessel of any foreign nation had ever visited that quarter of the globe before, the inhabitants received their new visitors with an hospitality, which would have done honor to a more polished people. The English learned there, that this was a province of a vast empire, subject to the great Duke, or Czar of Muscovy, who resided in a great city, 1200 miles from Archangel. Chancelour, with a spirit becoming an officer employed in an expedition for discovery, did not hesitate a moment about the part which he ought to take, and set out for that disiant capital. On his arrival in Moscow, he was admitted to audience, and delivered a letter, which the captain of each ship had received from Edward VI, for the Sovereign of whatever country they should discover, to John Vasilowitz, who at that time filled the Russian throne. John, though he ruled over his subjects with the cruelty and caprice of a barbarous despot, was not destitute of political sagacity. He instantly perceived the happy consequences that might flow from opening an intercourse with the western nations of Europe; and, delighted with the fortunate event to which he was indebted for this unexpected benefit, he treated Chancelour with great respect; and, by a letter to the King of England invited his subjects to trade in the Russian dominions, with ample promises of protection and fovor.”
