George Sartorius


Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rose Sartorius GCB was an officer of the British Royal Navy. After serving as a junior officer during the Napoleonic Wars, he was present, as a postcaptain, at the surrender of Napoleon Bonaparte to Captain Frederick Maitland of Bellerophon at Rochefort. He later commanded the navy of Dom Pedro in the Portuguese Civil Wars. Dom Pedro was attempting to defeat his brother Dom Miguel, who had usurped the throne of Portugal, and to install Pedros daughter as the rightful queen, Dona Maria II.

Sartorius was born in Bombay, India, the eldest son of John Conrad Sartorius, a Colonel of Engineers serving in the army of the East India Company, and of Annabella, daughter of George Rose. He entered the Navy in June 1801, as a firstclass volunteer, on board the yacht Mary, under the command of Captain Sir Harry BurrardNeale. Between May 1802 and October 1804 he served aboard the frigates Fisgard and Naiad, commanded by Captain James Wallis on the Home Station, and was rated as a midshipman. He then joined the Tonnant, serving under Captains William Henry Jervis and Charles Tyler, seeing action under the latter at the battle of Trafalgar onOctober 1805. After the battle he served as part of the prize crew, under Lieutenant James Stuart, on board the captured Spanish 74 Bahama.

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