2 MEMOIR OF AUGUSTUS DE MORGAN. 



1807. of Gordon, one of a convoy of nearly forty ships. The 

 Commodore, Captain (afterwards Admiral) Sir John Beau- 

 fort, was on friendly terms with my husband in after life. 

 But Mr. De Morgan had no suspicion of having sailed 

 under his convoy until after Mrs. De Morgan's death, 

 when the notice of it was found in her journal. When 

 Admiral Beaufort heard of this he wrote, in a letter dated 

 Oct. 10, 1857, five weeks before his own death, 

 Admiral e Q ur co-residence for three or four months, not in the 



Beaufort. 



same street or village or county, but in the same track 

 along the ocean, is an amusing link in our two life- 

 threads ; but not the less nattering to me as being claimed 

 by you, and as finding myself one of the dramatis personce 

 in your mother's journal of the Jane, Duchess of Gordon. 

 You most correctly picture us as being * at the two ends 

 of the chain,' for while it was my post to lead that 

 gigantic fleet of upwards of thirty large vessels, I well 

 remember that she was in all cases the sternmost, in spite 

 of the number of hoarse hints that were given her 

 through our guns. Passengers, even ladies, are never 

 very tender in their criticisms on the poor commodore, 

 and it would be charming to see how your mother retali- 

 ated for his above coarse language by her sharp and witty 

 castigation.' 



isos. Colonel De Morgan settled at Worcester with his wife 



and children, but returned to India in 1808 alone. 

 Some disturbances in the Madras Army, causing the sus- 

 pension from command of several officers, including him- 

 self, gave him much trouble and anxiety for some time ; 

 but the affair, which was settled by an inquiry at the 

 India House, resulted in his complete and honourable 

 acquittal. On his return to England in 1810, the family 

 lived in the north of Devonshire ; first at Appledore, then 

 at Bideford, then at Barnstaple. In 1812, one daughter 

 having died, and two sons been born, they settled at 

 Taunton in Somersetshire. The father again left England 

 for Madras, and took the command of a battalion at 



