by John Marshall

“ In Mar. 1809, the subject of this sketch was selected by Rear-Admiral d’Auvergne (commonly called the Prince of Bouillon) to be his flag-captain, in the Diomede 50, on the Jersey station; and we have reason to believe that his gallant conduct in several skirmishes, when commanding the Liberty, under that officer’s orders, was the sole cause of his receiving this appointment, as flattering as it appears to have been unexpected. We subsequently find Captain Cook conveying Vice-Admiral W. O’Brien Drury to the East Indies ”

“ We next find him proceeding to the West Indies, as first Lieutenant of the Brunswick 74, bearing the flag of his first and principal naval patron, the late Sir Richard Rodney Bligh, G.C.B., by whom he was honored with the command of a detachment landed from the British squadron to defend the fort of Irois, in Carcasse bay, St. Domingo, when besieged by a very numerous force, in 1797 [2] . ”