Frederick Lewis Maitland
Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland KCB (7 September 1777 – 30 November 1839) was an officer in the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He rose to the rank of rear admiral and held a number of commands. The most famous event of his career occurred when Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered to him aboard HMS Bellerophon, marking the final end of the Napoleonic Wars.
Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland | |
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Captain Frederick Lewis Maitland (1815) | |
| Born | 7 September 1777 Rankeilour, Fife |
| Died | 30 November 1839 (aged 62) Aboard HMS Wellesley, off Bombay, India |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Navy |
| Rank | Rear-Admiral of the Red |
| Commands held | HM hired cutter Penelope HMS Cameleon HMS Dragon HMS Carrère HMS Loire HMS Emerald HMS Goliath HMS Boyne HMS Bellerophon HMS Vengeur HMS Genoa HMS Wellesley East Indies and China Station |
| Battles/wars | Glorious First of June Battle of the Basque Roads |
| Awards | CB KCB |
| Relations | Frederick Lewis Maitland (father) |
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