the summer of 1807, when he was appointed to the York, a new 74; in which ship he accompanied the expedition under Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood and Major-General Beresford sent at the close of that year to take military possession of Madeira; and from thence proceeded to the Leeward Island station, where he arrived in time to assist at the conquest of Martinique[1], by the forces under Sir Alexander Cochrane, and Lieutenant-General Beckwith.
During the operations carried on for the reduction of this important colony, Captain Barton was employed with a detachment of seamen and marines on shore, under the orders of Commodore Cockbum, to whom he gave the most able support and assistance. He was afterwards present at the capture of the Isles des Saintes, and of the d’Hautpoult, a French 74-gun ship.
The York continued in the West Indies till the month of May, 1809, when she returned to England; and in the summer of that year, was attached to the Walcheren expedition, after which she joined the fleet on the Mediterranean station. Captain Barton was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral, Aug. 12, 1812, but has never hoisted his flag. He became a Vice-Admiral, Aug. 12, 1819.
Residence.– Burrough House, near Exeter, Devon.
SIR GRAHAM MOORE,
Vice-Admiral of the Blue; Knight Commander of the most honorable Military Order of the Bath, and of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword; and Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean.
This officer is the third son of Dr. Moore, a respectable Physician, and an author of some celebrity, by Miss Simpson, daughter of Professor Simpson of Glasgow University, and a brother of the gallant Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, who fell at the battle of Corunna, Jan. 16, 1809[2]. He entered
- ↑ See p. 264.
- ↑ The body of Sir John Moore, agreeably to his uniform wish, to be buried near the spot where he might fall, was deposited, without a coffin, in a grave hastily dug by some soldiers, on the ramparts of Corunna; but some months afterwards, the Spanish Marquis de la Romana ordered it to be
