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See also:DUNCAN, See also:ADAM DUNCAN, 1ST See also:VISCOUNT (1731-1804) , See also:British See also:naval See also:commander, was See also:born on the 1st of See also:July 1731, at Lundie, in See also:Forfarshire, See also:Scotland. After receiving the rudiments of his See also:education at See also:Dundee, he was in 1746 placed under See also:Captain See also:Haldane, of the " See also:Shoreham " See also:frigate, and in 1749 he
became a See also:midshipman in the See also:Centurion." In 1755 he was
appointed second See also:lieutenant of the " See also:Norwich," but on the
arrival of that See also:ship in See also:America, whither, with the See also:rest of See also:Keppel's
See also:squadron, it had convoyed See also:General See also:Braddock's forces, he was transferred to the " Centurion." Once again in See also:England, he was promoted to be second lieutenant of the " Torbay," and after three years on the See also:home station he assisted in the attack on the See also:French See also:settlement of See also:Goree, on the See also:African See also:coast, in which he was slightly wounded. He returned to England as first lieutenant of the "Torbay "; and in 1759 was made a commander, and in 1761 a See also:post-captain. His See also:vessel, the " Valiant " (74), was See also:Commodore Keppel's See also:flag-ship in the expedition against Belle-Ile en Mer in that See also:year, and also in 1762, when it took an important See also:part in the See also:capture of See also:Havana. In 1778, on the recommencement of See also:war with See also:France, Captain Duncan was appointed to the " See also:Suffolk " (74), whence before the See also:close of the year he removed to the "Monarch" (74), one of the Channel See also:Fleet. On the 16th of See also:January 178o, in an See also:action off Cape St See also:Vincent, between a See also:Spanish squadron under See also:Don Juan de Langara and the British fleet under See also:Sir See also:George See also:Rodney, Captain Duncan in the " Monarch " was the first to engage the enemy; and in 1782, as captain of the " See also:Blenheim " (9o), he took part in See also:Lord See also:Howe's See also:relief of See also:Gibraltar. From the See also:rank of See also:rear-See also:admiral of the See also:blue, received in 1789, he was gradually promoted until, in 1799, he became admiral of the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white. In See also:February 1795 he hoisted his flag as commander-in-See also:chief of the See also:North See also:Sea fleet, appointed to harass the Batavian See also:navy. Towards the end of May 1797, though, in consequence of the widespread See also:mutiny in the British fleet, he had been See also:left with only the " See also:Adamant " (5o), besides his own ship the " See also:- VENERABLE (Lat. venerabilis, worthy of reverence, venerari, to reverence, to worship, allied to Venus, love; the Indo-Germ. root is wen-, to desire, whence Eng. " win, properly to struggle for, hence to gain)
Venerable " (74), Admiral Duncan proceeded to his usual station off the Texel, where See also:lay at See also:anchor the Dutch squadron of fifteen See also:sail of the See also:line, under the command of See also:Vice-Admiral de See also:Winter. From See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to time he caused signals to be made, as if to the See also:main See also:body of a fleet in the offing, a stratagem which probably was the cause of his freedom from molestation until, in the See also:middle of See also:June, reinforcements arrived from England. On the 3rd of See also:October the admiral put into See also:Yarmouth Roads to refit and See also:victual his See also:ships, but, receiving See also:information See also:early on the 9th that the enemy was at sea, he immediately hoisted the See also:signal for giving him See also:chase. On the See also:morning of the 11th de Winter's fleet, consisting of 4 seventy-fours, 7 sixty-fours, 4 fifty-See also:gun ships, 2 See also:forty-four-gun frigates, and 2 of See also:thirty-two guns, besides smaller vessels, was sighted lying about 9 M. from See also:shore, between the villages of See also:Egmont and Camperdown. The British fleet numbered 7 seventy-fours, 7 sixty-fours, 2 fifties, 2 frigates, with a See also:sloop and several cutters, and was slightly See also:superior in force to that of the Dutch. Shortly after See also:mid-See also:day the British ships, without waiting to See also:form in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order, See also:broke through the Dutch line, and an engagement commenced which, after heavy loss on both sides, resulted in the taking by the British of eleven of the enemy's vessels. When the action ceased the ships were in nine fathoms See also:water, within 5 M. of a See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
lee shore, and there was every sign of an approaching See also:gale. So battered were the prizes that it was found impossible to See also:fit them for future service, and one of them, the " See also:Delft," sank on her way to England. In recognition of this victory, Admiral Duncan was, on the 21st of October, created Viscount Duncan of Camperdown and See also:baron of Lundie, with an See also:annual See also:pension of £3000 to himself and the two next heirs to his See also:title. The earldom of Camperdown was created for his son See also:Robert (1785—1859) in 1831, and is still in the See also:possession of his descendants. In 'Soo Lord Duncan withdrew from naval service. He died on the 4th of See also:August 1804.
See See also:Charnock, Biog. See also:Nay. (1794–1796) ; See also:Collins, See also:Peerage of England, p. 378 (1812) ; W. See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James, Naval See also:History of See also:Great See also:Britain (1822) ; See also:Yonge, History of the British Navy, vol. i. (1863) ; See also:Earl of See also:Camper-down, Admiral Duncan (1898), vol. xvi. of the Navy See also:Record See also:Soc. Publications, contains the logs of the ships engaged in the See also:battle of Camperdown.
End of Article: DUNCAN, ADAM DUNCAN, 1ST VISCOUNT (1731-1804)
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