Joseph Nourse (Royal Navy officer)

Joseph Nourse
Born 23 June 1779
Died 4 September 1824
Mauritius
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Years of service 1793–1824
Rank Commodore
Commands held Cape of Good Hope Station
Battles/wars War of 1812
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath

Commodore Joseph Nourse CB (23 June 1779 – 4 September 1824) was a Royal Navy officer who became commander-in-chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station.

Naval career

Nourse joined the Royal Navy in 1793 and, having been promoted, to captain, was given command of the frigate HMS Fridericksteen.[1] He transferred to the command of the fourth-rate HMS Severn and took part in the capture and burning of Washington on 24 August 1814 during the War of 1812.[2] He became commander-in-chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station in 1822, engaged with combating the slave trade, before dying of malaria in Mauritius in 1824.[3][4]

References

  1. "The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australia, Volume 21". Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen. 1826.
  2. "Historical papers". University of Witwatersrand. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  3. Hiscocks, Richard. "Cape Commander-in-Chief 1795-1852". morethannelson.com. morethannelson.com. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  4. Walker, Eric Anderson (1963). The Cambridge History of the British Empire. CUP Archive. p. 879. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
James Lillicrap
Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station
1822–1824
Succeeded by
Robert Moorsom
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