456 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



guards ; Hen^^ Rudyerd, of the 

 royal invalid engineers ; John Os- 

 wald, of the 35th foot ; John Gas- 

 pard LeMarchant ; James Hadden, 

 cf tlie royal artillery ; James Catlin 

 Craut'urd, of the 91st foot; William 

 Doyle, of the 62rt foot ; John Hat- 

 ton, of the 66 th foot ; Pinson Bon- 

 ham, of the69th foot ; John Burnet, 

 of the 17th foot ; William A.nson, 

 of the 1st foot guards; John Bou- 

 chier, of the late royal artillery in 

 Ireland ; Isaac Brock, of the 49th 

 foot ; lord Evelyn Stuart, of the 

 22d foot ; Robert Nicholson, of the 

 royals ; George William Ramsay, of 

 the 60th foot ; Robert Craufard, on 

 half pay of the 60th foot; to be 

 colonels in the army. 



November 9th. His majesty has 

 been pleased to grant to the rev. 

 William Nelson, D. D. now lord 

 Nelson, brother and heir to the late 

 lord viscount Nelson, who, after a 

 series' of transcendant and heroic 

 services, fell gloriously, on the 21st 

 of October last, in th& moment of 

 brilliant and decisive victory, the 

 dignity of a viscount aiid carl of the 

 united kingdom of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, by the names, styles, 

 and titles of vitcount Merton and 

 earl Nelson, of Trafalgar, and 

 of Merton in the county of Surrey ; 

 the same to descend to the heirs 

 male of his body lawfully begotten, 

 and, in default thereof, to the heirs 

 male, successively, of Susannah, 

 \vife of Thomas Bolton, esq. and 

 Catherine, veife of George Matcham, 

 esq. sisters of the late lord viscount 

 Nelson. His majesty has also been 

 pleased to grant the dignity of a 

 baron of the united kingdom of 

 Great Britain and Irf laad to Cuth- 

 bert Collingwood, esq. vice-admiral 

 of the blue squadron of liis majesty's 

 fleet, and the heirs male of his body 



lawfully begotten, by the name, 

 style, and title of baron Colling- 

 Avood, of Caldbiirne and Hetlipoole, 

 in the county of Northumberland. 



His majesty having been pleased, 

 to order the rank of admirals of the 

 red to be restored in his majesty's 

 navy, the following llag-ofiicers were 

 this day promoted in pursuance of 

 the king's pleasure, viz. Admirals of 

 the white to bo admirals of the red, 

 from Robert Roddara, esq. to the 

 hon. William Cornwallis. Admi- 

 rals of the blue, to be admirals of 

 the white, from Charles Buckner, 

 esq. to sir Henry Harvey, K. B, 

 Vice-admirals of the red, to be 

 admirals of the blue, from Isaac 

 Prescott, esq. to sir Charles Morice 

 Pole. Vice-admirals of the white, 

 to be vice-admirals of the red, from 

 John Brown, esq. to John Hollo- 

 way, esq. Vice-admirals of the 

 blue, to be vice-admirals of the red, 

 from George Wilson, esq. to Cuth- 

 bert Collingwood, esq. Vice :ui- 

 mirals of the blue, to be vice-admi- 

 rals of the white, from James Haw- 

 kins Whifshed, esq. to sir Robert 

 Calder, bart. Rear-admirals of the 

 red, to be vice-admirals of the 

 white, from James Richard Dacrcs, 

 esq. to sir. Richard Bickcrton, K.B. 

 Rear-admirals of the red, to be vice- 

 admirals of the blue, from George 

 Bowen, esq. to Robert M'Douall, 

 esq. Rear-admirals of the white, 

 to be vice-admirals of the blue, from 

 Billy Douglas, esq. to Edward 

 Thornborough, esq. Rear-admirals 

 of the white, to be rear-admirals of 

 the red, from James Kempthorwo, 

 esq. to sir Isaac Coffin, bart. Rear- 

 admirals of the blue, to be rear- 

 admirals of the red, from John Ayl- 

 mer, esq. to Richard Boger, esq. 

 Rear admirals of the blue to be rear- 

 admirals of the white, from Jona- 

 than 



