The King's Commission

12-gun brig, Revolutionary War era

Characters and ships from Dewey Lambdin’s Alan Lewrie novel, The King’s Commission. Visit http://ageofsail.wordpress.com for more on Alan Lewrie and the Age of Sail.

Ships British HMS Desperate. Frigate. 28-guns. 9-pounder main battery. HMS Barfleur. HMS Prudent. Ship of the Line. 74-guns. 3rd Rate. HMS Canada. HMS Resolution. HMS Bedford. HMS Shrike. Brig. 12-guns. 6-pounders. HMS Glatton. Ship of the line. 4th Rate. 50-guns. HMS Drake. HMS Albemarle. Frigate. 6th rate. 28-guns. HMS Resistance. Frigate. 5th rate. 44-guns. HMS Tartar. Frigate. 6th rate. 28-guns. Admiral Barrington. Hired brig of war.

French Ville de Paris. French flagship at Battle of St. Kitts.

La Coquette. Frigate. 6th rate. 28-guns. French prize of Nelson's squadron. Capricieuse. 28-guns. 12-pound main battery. Prize of HMS Desperate. Pluton. 74-gun. 3rd Rate.

Spanish La Nuestra Senora de Campostella. Ketch. Prize of HMS Shrike. San Ildefonso. Guarda Costa sloop. Prize of HMS Shrike.

Characters Commander The Honourable Tobias Treghues. Captain of the HMS Desperate. Wounded in a single ship action with Capricieuse. Made post captain into Capricieuse. David Avery. Midshipman. HMS Desperate. 17 years old. Close friend of Lewrie. Killed in a single ship action with Capricieuse. Monk. Sailing Master. HMS Desperate. Mortally wounded in a single ship action with Capricieuse. Railsford. First Lieutenant. HMS Desperate. Made commander into HMS Desperate when Treghues is promoted. Burney. Midshipman. HMS Desperate. Dorne. Surgeon. HMS Desperate. Norman Coke. Bosun. HMS Desperate. Freeling. Mess steward. Midshipman’s mess. Lieutenant Peck. Royal Marines. Commands Marine detachment on HMS Desperate. Commodore Sir George Sinclair. Squadron commander. Uncle of Midshipman Forrester (see The French Admiral). Sedge. Master’s Mate. HMS Desperate. Promoted to Sailing Master, HMS Desperate upon Monk’s death. Toliver. Bosun’s Mate. HMS Desperate.

Gwynn. Gunner. HMS Desperate. Killed in a single ship action with Capricieuse. Weems. Bosun’s Mate. HMS Desperate. Killed in a single ship action with Capricieuse. Hogan 1. Carronade gun captain. HMS Desperate. Promoted to Yeoman of the Powder Room after the single ship action with Capricieuse. “Chips.” Carpenter. HMS Desperate. Maple. Gun captain. HMS Desperate. Tulley. Gunner’s Mate. HMS Desperate. Murray. Quarter Gunner. HMS Desperate. Killed in a single ship action with Capricieuse. Tate. Quartermaster. HMS Desperate. Killed in a single ship action with Capricieuse. McGregor. Sergeant. Royal Marines. HMS Desperate. Killed in a single ship action with Capricieuse. Smart. Corporal. Royal Marines. HMS Desperate. Killed in a single ship action with Capricieuse. Cony. Lewrie’s hammockman. HMS Desperate. Cheatham. Purser. HMS Desperate. Friend of Lewrie. James Kenyon. Lieutenant. Formerly of HMS Parrott. Appointed to fill Railford’s vacancy. Former mentor of Lewrie and now his bitter enemy. Claghorne. Lieutenant. HMS Parrot. (The King’s Coat). Committed suicide. Lilycrop. Lieutenant. Master and commander of HMS Shrike. About 60 years old. Loses right foot and half of calf as part of a landing party at Turk's Island. Fukes. Bosun. HMS Shrike. Rossyngton. Midshipman. HMS Shrike. Walsham. Second Lieutenant. Royal Marines. HMS Shrike. Pebble. Carpenter. HMS Shrike. Caldwell. Sailing Master. HMS Shrike. Promoted to acting lieutenant after Lilycrop is wounded.

Cox. Gunner. HMS Shrike. Lewyss. Surgeon. HMS Shrike. Henry Biggs. Purser. HMS Shrike. Edgar. Midshipman. HMS Shrike. Noted for his lack of abilities. Gooch. Captain’s steward. HMS Shrike. Murray. Bosun’s Mate. HMS Shrike. Andrews. Seaman. HMS Shrike. West Indian. Escaped slave. Svenson. Quartermaster. HMS Shrike. Lucy Beauman. Lewrie’s intended fiancé. Ledyard Beauman. Lucy’s brother. Floss Beauman. Lucy’s sister. Hugh Beauman. Lucy’s brother. Anne Beauman. Hugh’s wife. Betty Hillwood. Older woman of questionable character. Kingston. Tyche. Lucy’s maid/slave. Admiral Joshua Rowley. Commander. Jamaica Station. Keith Ashburn. Lieutenant 5th Lieutenant. HMS Glatton. Jemmy Shirke. Acting Master’s Mate. HMS Admiral Rooke. Hired brig of war. Formerly of HMS Ariadne. 18 years old. William Mayhew. Lieutenant. Formerly flag lieutenant to Admiral Sir Onsley Matthews. 4th Lieutenant. HMS Glatton. Bromwich. Lieutenant. Second Lieutenant. HMS Albemarle. Osborne. Lieutenant. First Lieutenant. HMS Albemarle.

Charles Cunningham. Lieutenant. Commander of hired brig of war, HMS Admiral Barrington. Hinton. Lieutenant. HMS Albemarle. Ishaell Sharpe. Lieutenant. 4th Lieutenant, HMS Barfleur. Selected to assume command of HMS Shrike and is laid low by William Pitt. Pandora. Prostitute. English Harbor. Electra. Prostitute. English Harbor. Hespera. Prostitute. English Harbor. Dolly Fenton. Prostitute. English Harbor. Roger Fenton. Captain. Deceased husband of Dolly. Peacock. Lieutenant Colonel. Garrison regiment in Kingston. Cowell. Government official. Killed in battle in Florida against Spanish troops and their Indian allies. Eccles. Captain. From Colonel Peacock’s regiment. McGilliveray. Government official. Part Indian. Emissary to Florida Indian tribes. Aka White Turtle. Remains in Florida with his tribesmen. Christopher Cashman. Captain. Commander of the light company of the 104th Foot. Tom. Aka Red Coat. Former British soldier living among Seminole. Desmond. Indian interpreter. Soft Rabbit. Cherokee captive of Seminole. Marries Lewrie in an Indian ceremony after becoming pregnant. Adopted into the family of Man-Killer. Remains behind in Florida. Man-Killer. Seminole chieftain. Uncle of McGilliveray/White Turtle. Charles Auguste Baron de Crillart. Lieutenant. Capricieuse Jules Marquis de Rosset. Captain. Capricieuse. Manuel Antonio Lopez. Captain. Commander of the ketch, La Nuestra Senora de Campostella. Prize of HMS Shrike.

Don Alonzo Vitorio Garcia de Zaza y Turbide. Spanish official. Passenger on board La Nuestra Senora de Campostella. Prize of HMS Shrike.

Art and Literary References An Essay on Naval Tactics Sir John Clerk of Eldin History of The American Indians, James Adair. Marine Chronicle. Discourse on Inequality, Jean-Jacques Rousseau