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Captain the Hon. Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew
circa 1807/8 from the drawing by George Chinnery
Hon. Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds PELLEW, Admiral, C.B., (Companion of the Order of the Bath), K.C.B., (Knight Commander of the Bath), Admiral of the Blue, R.N., b. 13 Dec. 1789, bapt 1790 Mawgan in Meneage, Cornwall. 2rd s. of Sir Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount EXMOUTH, He entered the navy in 1799; C.B., (Companion of the Order of the Bath), 1815; K.C.H., (Knight Commander of the Bath), 1836; commander-in-chief on the East India and China Station, 1852, where in 1853 his arbitrary severity provoked a mutiny, the third which had broken out under his command; summarily recalled in consequence and saw no further service. Made admiral in 1858. m. 1stly, 5 June 1816 Saint James's, Westminster, London Harriet Frances Webster, b. 179? d. 7 Aug. 1849 and is buried in Florence, Italy, only dau. of Sir Godfrey Webster, 4th Bart., of Battle Abbey, Sussex, by his wife Elizabeth Vassall, later Lady Holland, and had issue,
1. Thomas Chaplin Honorablis Fleetwood Pellew who died at the age of nine months on board the Frigate Revolutionaire in 1819
1. Harriet Bettina Frances Pellew, b. 1818 in Florence, Italy d. 9 Nov. 1886 and is buried in Florence, Italy. m. 11 Nov. 1841 St Georges, Hans Sq, Westminster, London, the 4th Earl of Orford (Horatio William Walpole d. 7 Dec. 1894), and had,
1. Lady Dorothy Elizabeth Mary Pellew Walpole, b.1844 d. 1921 and is buried in Naples, Italy. (Duchess of Balzo etc) m. 25 Feb. 1868, (in Florence, Italy) Ernesto, 1st Duke del Balzo (It. 1868) 5th Duke di Caprigliano (Nap.1749), only son of the Marquis della Sonora del Balzo, grandee of Spain of the first class, b. abt 1840 d. 19_ and had issue,
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2.. ?2. Lady Maud Mary Pellew Walpole, b.1847 d. 2 June 1874 and is buried in Italy. (Princess of Palagonia etc) m. 11 Nov. 1871, Count Salvatore Griefe e Gravina, Prince of Palagonia, grandee of Spain of the first class, b. abt 1843 d. _ and had issue,
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Sir Fleetwood m. 2ndly, 22 Feb. 1851 (div. 1859), Mlle. Cecile Drummond de Melfort (d. 1 Nov. 1914), dau. of Edward Drummond, Count de Melfort (see Perth, Earl of.), and d. at Marseilles, France, 28 July 1861. (aged 72) Buried, 7 Aug. 1861, in Florence, Italy. She m. 2ndly 22 Feb. 1860, the 7th Earl of Berkeley and d. 1 Nov. 1914 leaving issue.
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FLORENCE
CALLED
'THE ENGLISH CEMETERY'
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Headstone of Admiral the Hon. Sir Fleetwood
Broughton Reynolds Pellew
by Fèlicie de Fauveau
at The English Cemetery, Florence,
Italy
Tomb of Admiral the
Hon. Sir
& Lady Fleetwood
Broughton Reynolds Pellew
at The
English Cemetery, Florence, Italy
Headstone of Lady Harriet Frances Pellew
by Fèlicie de Fauveau
at The
English Cemetery, Florence, Italy
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