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An interesting Naval General Service medal awarded to Lieutenant Humphrey Colquhoun, Royal Navy, for his services in the brig-sloop Foxhound at Basque Roads in 1809; being afterwards attached to the Desirée 36, he was actively engaged in much boat service, including numerous cutting-out affairs, and the capture of many of the enemy’s vessels; having been placed in charge of a prize he unfortunately fell into the hands of the enemy in December 1810, being shortly afterwards wrecked off the coast of Holland, where he was washed on shore, bruised and frost-bitten, and ultimately imprisoned in the infamous fortified fortress of Bitche, from where, in February 1813, after several thwarted attempts, he eventually escaped
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (H. Colquhoun, Volr. 1st Class) toned, extremely fine £2,400-£2,800
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Provenance: Glendining’s, March 1906; Needes, February 1940; Bonham’s, October 2006.
Confirmed on the roll as First-class Volunteer on board the Foxhound at Basque Roads, one of just two medals to this vessel.
Humphry Colquhoun was born in 1793 and entered the Navy in November 1806, as First-class Volunteer on board the Zealand 64, Captains Alexander Ball and Robt. Devereux Fancourt, guard-ship at the Nore; and, joining next the Foxhound 18, Captains Pitt Burnaby Greene and James Mackenzie, continued to be employed in that vessel, on the Home station, until detached in command of a prize early in 1809, probably taken at Basque Roads. After an intermediate servitude, as Supernumerary-Midshipman, on board the Salvador del Mundo guard-ship at Plymouth, he became attached, in September following, to the Desirée 36, Captain Arthur Farquhar, stationed in the North Sea, where he appears to have taken part in much active boat-service, including numerous cutting-out affairs, and the capture of many of the enemy’s vessels. Having been again placed in charge of a prize, Mr. Colquhoun unfortunately, on 21 December 1810, fell into the hands of the enemy, and, being shortly afterwards wrecked off an island on the coast of Holland, where he was washed on shore, bruised, frost-bitten, and in a state of insensibility, was sent to Valenciennes, and ultimately to the fortified fortress of Bitche, ‘reckoned the strongest fortification in France, built on the summit of an immense rock out of which all of its subterraneous caves are hollowed - has three ramparts, first from 90 to 100 feet high; second, from 40 to 50; and the third from 25 to 30: redoubts, entrenchments, etc. innumerable. It appeared a moral impossibility to escape from it’. Nevertheless, after several thwarted attempts, he at length, in February 1813, contrived to effect his escape, and, arriving at Portsmouth, rejoined the Desirée, still commanded by Captain Farquhar, with whom he subsequently sailed with convoy for Quebec in the Liverpool 40. He obtained his commission on 20 March, 1815, and was afterwards employed on Lakes Ontario and Huron, under Sir Edward W. C. R. Owen, until his return home towards the close of 1816. He was placed on the reserved list in July 1851.
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (H. Colquhoun, Volr. 1st Class) toned, extremely fine £2,400-£2,800
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Provenance: Glendining’s, March 1906; Needes, February 1940; Bonham’s, October 2006.
Confirmed on the roll as First-class Volunteer on board the Foxhound at Basque Roads, one of just two medals to this vessel.
Humphry Colquhoun was born in 1793 and entered the Navy in November 1806, as First-class Volunteer on board the Zealand 64, Captains Alexander Ball and Robt. Devereux Fancourt, guard-ship at the Nore; and, joining next the Foxhound 18, Captains Pitt Burnaby Greene and James Mackenzie, continued to be employed in that vessel, on the Home station, until detached in command of a prize early in 1809, probably taken at Basque Roads. After an intermediate servitude, as Supernumerary-Midshipman, on board the Salvador del Mundo guard-ship at Plymouth, he became attached, in September following, to the Desirée 36, Captain Arthur Farquhar, stationed in the North Sea, where he appears to have taken part in much active boat-service, including numerous cutting-out affairs, and the capture of many of the enemy’s vessels. Having been again placed in charge of a prize, Mr. Colquhoun unfortunately, on 21 December 1810, fell into the hands of the enemy, and, being shortly afterwards wrecked off an island on the coast of Holland, where he was washed on shore, bruised, frost-bitten, and in a state of insensibility, was sent to Valenciennes, and ultimately to the fortified fortress of Bitche, ‘reckoned the strongest fortification in France, built on the summit of an immense rock out of which all of its subterraneous caves are hollowed - has three ramparts, first from 90 to 100 feet high; second, from 40 to 50; and the third from 25 to 30: redoubts, entrenchments, etc. innumerable. It appeared a moral impossibility to escape from it’. Nevertheless, after several thwarted attempts, he at length, in February 1813, contrived to effect his escape, and, arriving at Portsmouth, rejoined the Desirée, still commanded by Captain Farquhar, with whom he subsequently sailed with convoy for Quebec in the Liverpool 40. He obtained his commission on 20 March, 1815, and was afterwards employed on Lakes Ontario and Huron, under Sir Edward W. C. R. Owen, until his return home towards the close of 1816. He was placed on the reserved list in July 1851.
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An interesting Naval General Service medal awarded to Lieutenant Humphrey Colquhoun, Royal Navy, for his services in the brig-sloop Foxhound at Basque Roads in 1809; being afterwards attached to the Desirée 36, he was actively engaged in much boat service, including numerous cutting-out affairs, and the capture of many of the enemy’s vessels; having been placed in charge of a prize he unfortunately fell into the hands of the enemy in December 1810, being shortly afterwards wrecked off the coast of Holland, where he was washed on shore, bruised and frost-bitten, and ultimately imprisoned in the infamous fortified fortress of Bitche, from where, in February 1813, after several thwarted attempts, he eventually escaped
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (H. Colquhoun, Volr. 1st Class) toned, extremely fine £2,400-£2,800
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Provenance: Glendining’s, March 1906; Needes, February 1940; Bonham’s, October 2006.
Confirmed on the roll as First-class Volunteer on board the Foxhound at Basque Roads, one of just two medals to this vessel.
Humphry Colquhoun was born in 1793 and entered the Navy in November 1806, as First-class Volunteer on board the Zealand 64, Captains Alexander Ball and Robt. Devereux Fancourt, guard-ship at the Nore; and, joining next the Foxhound 18, Captains Pitt Burnaby Greene and James Mackenzie, continued to be employed in that vessel, on the Home station, until detached in command of a prize early in 1809, probably taken at Basque Roads. After an intermediate servitude, as Supernumerary-Midshipman, on board the Salvador del Mundo guard-ship at Plymouth, he became attached, in September following, to the Desirée 36, Captain Arthur Farquhar, stationed in the North Sea, where he appears to have taken part in much active boat-service, including numerous cutting-out affairs, and the capture of many of the enemy’s vessels. Having been again placed in charge of a prize, Mr. Colquhoun unfortunately, on 21 December 1810, fell into the hands of the enemy, and, being shortly afterwards wrecked off an island on the coast of Holland, where he was washed on shore, bruised, frost-bitten, and in a state of insensibility, was sent to Valenciennes, and ultimately to the fortified fortress of Bitche, ‘reckoned the strongest fortification in France, built on the summit of an immense rock out of which all of its subterraneous caves are hollowed - has three ramparts, first from 90 to 100 feet high; second, from 40 to 50; and the third from 25 to 30: redoubts, entrenchments, etc. innumerable. It appeared a moral impossibility to escape from it’. Nevertheless, after several thwarted attempts, he at length, in February 1813, contrived to effect his escape, and, arriving at Portsmouth, rejoined the Desirée, still commanded by Captain Farquhar, with whom he subsequently sailed with convoy for Quebec in the Liverpool 40. He obtained his commission on 20 March, 1815, and was afterwards employed on Lakes Ontario and Huron, under Sir Edward W. C. R. Owen, until his return home towards the close of 1816. He was placed on the reserved list in July 1851.
Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Basque Roads 1809 (H. Colquhoun, Volr. 1st Class) toned, extremely fine £2,400-£2,800
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Provenance: Glendining’s, March 1906; Needes, February 1940; Bonham’s, October 2006.
Confirmed on the roll as First-class Volunteer on board the Foxhound at Basque Roads, one of just two medals to this vessel.
Humphry Colquhoun was born in 1793 and entered the Navy in November 1806, as First-class Volunteer on board the Zealand 64, Captains Alexander Ball and Robt. Devereux Fancourt, guard-ship at the Nore; and, joining next the Foxhound 18, Captains Pitt Burnaby Greene and James Mackenzie, continued to be employed in that vessel, on the Home station, until detached in command of a prize early in 1809, probably taken at Basque Roads. After an intermediate servitude, as Supernumerary-Midshipman, on board the Salvador del Mundo guard-ship at Plymouth, he became attached, in September following, to the Desirée 36, Captain Arthur Farquhar, stationed in the North Sea, where he appears to have taken part in much active boat-service, including numerous cutting-out affairs, and the capture of many of the enemy’s vessels. Having been again placed in charge of a prize, Mr. Colquhoun unfortunately, on 21 December 1810, fell into the hands of the enemy, and, being shortly afterwards wrecked off an island on the coast of Holland, where he was washed on shore, bruised, frost-bitten, and in a state of insensibility, was sent to Valenciennes, and ultimately to the fortified fortress of Bitche, ‘reckoned the strongest fortification in France, built on the summit of an immense rock out of which all of its subterraneous caves are hollowed - has three ramparts, first from 90 to 100 feet high; second, from 40 to 50; and the third from 25 to 30: redoubts, entrenchments, etc. innumerable. It appeared a moral impossibility to escape from it’. Nevertheless, after several thwarted attempts, he at length, in February 1813, contrived to effect his escape, and, arriving at Portsmouth, rejoined the Desirée, still commanded by Captain Farquhar, with whom he subsequently sailed with convoy for Quebec in the Liverpool 40. He obtained his commission on 20 March, 1815, and was afterwards employed on Lakes Ontario and Huron, under Sir Edward W. C. R. Owen, until his return home towards the close of 1816. He was placed on the reserved list in July 1851.
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