George Sartorius

Sir George Rose Sartorius
Sir George Rose Sartorius
	Sir George Rose Sartorius, Count of Penha Firme
Born	9 August 1790; Bombay, India
Died	13 April 1885 (aged 94); Lymington, Hampshire
Buried	St. Mary's Church, South Baddesley, Hampshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom; Kingdom of Portugal
Service/branch	Royal Navy; Portuguese Navy
Years of service	1801–1832, 1836–1885 (UK); 1832–1833 (Portugal)
Rank	Admiral of the Fleet (UK); Almirante (Portugal)
Commands held	HMS Snap; HMS Avon; HMS Slaney; HMS Pyramus; HMS Malabar; Queenstown;
Battles/wars	Napoleonic Wars; • Battle of Trafalgar; • Battle of Montevideo; • Siege of Cádiz; Portuguese Civil Wars; • Siege of Porto;
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath; Grand Cross of the Order of Aviz; Knight Commander of the Order of the Tower and Sword; Naval General Service Medal with clasp Trafalgar;

Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rose Sartorius GCB (9 August 1790 – 13 April 1885) was an officer of the British Royal Navy. After serving as a junior officer during the Napoleonic Wars, he was present, as a post-captain, at the surrender of Napoleon Bonaparte to Captain Frederick Maitland of Bellerophon at Rochefort. He later commanded the navy of Dom Pedro in the Portuguese Civil Wars. Dom Pedro was attempting to defeat his brother Dom Miguel, who had usurped the throne of Portugal, and to install Pedro's daughter as the rightful queen, Dona Maria II.

Sartorius went on to command Malabar in the Mediterranean Fleet and received on board Baldomero Espartero, the regent of Spain, who had been driven out by a coup d'état. Sartorius later served as commander-in-chief at Queenstown.

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