George Blagdon Westcott

George Blagdon Westcott was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the American Revolutionary and the French Revolutionary Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Captain. He was one of ViceAdmiral Horatio Nelsons Band of Brothers at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, in which battle he was killed.

a. Some confusion exists. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography suggests he was born around 1745, but Westcotts memorial in St Pauls Cathedral describes him as 46 at the time of his death in 1798, and parish records from Honiton indicate that he was baptised onApril 1753.

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