Charles Elphinstone (1784-February 1807) |
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| Father:1 | William Elphinstone (13 September 1740-3 May 1834) | ||
| Mother:2 | Elizabeth Fullerton (1757 or 1758-27 May 1840) | ||
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| Born:3 | 1784 | |||
| Died:4 | February 1807 | |||
| He perished in a storm on his way home from India on H.M.S. Blenheim. | ||||
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| He entered the navy. In 1806 he had attained the rank of captain, and was in command of H.M.S. Greyhound. On 26 July in that year he captured, after a brilliant engagement, three Dutch vessels in the Java seas, for which he received the thanks of the Admiralty, and a presentation sword from the patriotic fund at Lloyd's was prepared for him. Before he received this, however, on his way home from India on H.M.S. Blenheim, he perished in a storm.5 | ||
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