CHARLES PATTON, Esq
[Retired Captain.]
This officer was a Commander in 1781; obtained the rank of Post-Captain, May 30, 1795; and during the whole of the late war superintended the transport service at Portsmouth. He is the author of “An Attempt to establish the Basis of Freedom on simple and unerring Principles,” 8vo. published in 1793; and of “The Effects of Property upon Society and Government;” to which is added by his brother, the late Admiral Philip Patton, “An Historical Review of the Monarchy and Republic of Rome.” 8vo. 1797[1].
Residence.– Fareham, Hants.
WILLIAM EDGE, Esq
A Captain of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich.
[Retired Captain.]
This officer was made a Commander into the Alert, a French brig taken at Toulon, and fitted by the British as a fire-vessel. At the evacuation of that place by the allied forces, the important service of covering the retreat of Sir W. Sidney Smith’s party was confided to Captain Edge, who brought off every man of the different guards and detached parties[2].
The Alert being destroyed on this occasion, Captain Edge was afterwards appointed to the Vulcan fire-ship; and on his return to England, removed into the Prince George of 98 guns, in which vessel he was present at the discomfiture of the French fleet, off l’Orient, June 23, 1795[3]. On the
- ↑ Admiral P. Patton died near Fareham, Hants, Dec. 31, 1815, aged 76 years. He was an officer highly esteemed and justly respected by all who knew him. His last employment afloat was as Commander-in-Chief in the Downs; and when Lord Durham presided over naval affairs, he held a seat at the Board of Admiralty. A few years before his decease he published “The Natural Defence of an Insular Empire earnestly recommended.” 4to.
- ↑ See Vol. I. p. 294.
- ↑ See Vol. I. p. 246.
dered to be paid into the Royal Hospital. The following notice appeared in the London Gazette of Feb. 9, 1802; “A gentleman who will not permit his name to be known, having by a confidential friend sent to Lord Hood, Governor of Greenwich Hospital, the amount of the sale of 10,000l. in the 3 per cent consols, for the use and benefit of the said hospital; the Governors and Directors take this method of returning their most grateful thanks for the very generous gift. This truly benevolent gentleman has also given the like sum to the Chest at Chatham.”
