Characters and ships from Dewey Lambdin’s Alan Lewrie novel, A King’s

Commander.

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Ships

British
HMS Jester. 18-gun sloop.

HMS Queen Charlotte. Ship of the line.

HMS Agamemnon. Ship of the line.

HMS Ariadne. 20-gun frigate.

HMS Cumberland. Ship of the line.

HMS Britannia. Ship of the line.

HMS Illustrious. Ship of the line. Damaged in action. Lost while being towed.

HMS Berwick. Ship of the line. Captured by the French.

HMS Meleager. Frigate.

HMS Southampton. 32-gun frigate.

HMS Tarleton. Brig.

HMS Tartar. Brig.

HMS Speedy. 14-gun brig-sloop.

HMS Resolution. Cutter.

French
Ça Ira. 74-gun ship of the line. Taken by Nelson.
Censeur. 74-gun ship of the line. Taken by Nelson.
La Follette. 6-gun tartane. Taken by Lewrie.
La Flèche. Corvette.
La Vengeance. Corvette.
La Resolve. Corvette. Cut out by Nelson’s squadron.
La Republique. Corvette. Cut out by Nelson’s squadron.

Genoese
Bambolo. Tartane. Taken by Lewrie.
Il Briosco. Brig. Taken by Lewrie.
Il Furioso. Brig. Taken by Cockburn.

Characters

Caroline Lewrie née Chiswick. Sister of Burgess and Gouvernour Chiswick. Wife of Alan
Lewrie. (The French Admiral, The King’s Privateer, The Gun Ketch, HMS Cockerel)

Phineas Chiswick. Caroline's uncle. (The Gun Ketch)

Will Cony. Bosun’s mate. HMS Jester. Becomes Bosun upon Porter’s wounding. (first
appearance in The French Admiral and in all subsequent novels.)

Maggie Cony née Fletcher. Wife of Will Cony (HMS Cockerel)

Little Will Cony. Cony’s son.

Sewallis Alan Lewrie. Lewrie’s oldest son. Born 1788. (The Gun Ketch)

Hugh Lewrie. Lewrie’s middle son. Born 1790.

Charlotte Lewrie. Lewrie’s daughter. Born 1792.

Sophie de Maubeuge. Ward of the Lewries. (HMS Cockerel)

Ralph Knolles. First Lieutenant. HMS Jester. (HMS Cockerel)

Porter. Bosun. HMS Jester. Severely wounded in fight with La Vengeance. (HMS
Cockerel)

Matthew Mountjoy. Lewrie’s solicitor. (The French Admiral, HMS Cockerel)

Bittfield. Gunner. HMS Jester. Mortally wounded in fight with La Vengeance. (HMS
Cockerel)

Edward Buchanon. Sailing master. HMS Jester.

Brauer. Quartermaster's mate. HMS Jester.

Clarence Spendlove. Midshipman. HMS Jester. 15 years old. HMS Jester. (HMS
Cockerel)

Hyde. Midshipman. 16 years old. HMS Jester.

Thomas Mountjoy. Lewrie's clerk. HMS Jester. Matthew Mountjoy's younger brother.

Giles. Purser. HMS Jester.

Aspinall. Lewrie's steward. HMS Jester. 17 years old.

Andrews. Lewrie's coxswain. HMS Jester. (The King’s Commission)

Wheelock. Master's mate. HMS Jester

Howse. Surgeon. HMS Jester.

Wilhoit. Seaman. HMS Jester.

General O'Hara. Commander of Gibraltar.

Spenser. Quartermaster. HMS Jester.

Tucker. Quartermaster's mate. HMS Jester.

Richard Josephs. Gentleman volunteer. 8 years old. Killed at Glorious First of June

George Rydell. Gentleman volunteer. 9 years old.

Crewe. Gunner's mate. HMS Jester. Promoted to acting gunner.

Rahl. Quarter gunner. HMS Jester. Promoted to Yeoman of the Powder Room.

Rushing. Topman. Killed in fight with La Vengeance. HMS Jester.

LeGoff. Surgeon's mate. HMS Jester.

Edward Codrington. Lieutenant. HMS Queen Charlotte.

Sir Edward Snape Douglas. Captain. Commander, HMS Queen Charlotte.
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Earl Richard Howe. Admiral. Fleet Commander.

Sir Roger Curtis. Captain. Captain of the Fleet to Admiral Howe.

Phoebe Aretino. Lewrie’s mistress in Corsica. (HMS Cockerel).

Boothby. Sergeant. Commander of HMS Jester’s Marine detachment.

Lord Samuel Hood. Admiral. Commander in the Mediterranean.

Horation Nelson. Captain. HMS Agamemnon.

Thomas Fremantle. Captain. HMS Inconstant.

Rees. Carpenter. HMS Jester.

Cockburn. Captain. HMS Meleager.

Sir Hyde Parker. Vice Admiral. Hood’s interim successor in the Mediterranean.

Hothahm. Vice Admiral. Hood’s successor.

Goodall. Rear Admiral. Squadron commander.

John Childs Purvis. Captain. HMS Princess Royal. Flag Captain to Admiral Goodall.

George Andrews. Lieutenant. HMS Agamemnon.

Josiah Nisbet. Midshipman. HMS Agamemnon. Nelson’s stepson.

Thomas Hardy. Lieutenant. HMS Meleager.

Francis Drake. British ambassador to Genoa.

Zacharian Twigg. British intelligence agent. (The King’s Privateer)

Paschal. Sailmaker. HMS Jester.

Sadler. Seaman. HMS Jester. Promoted to bosun’s mate. (HMS Cockerel)

Hogge. Yeoman of the Powder Room. HMS Jester. Promoted to gunner’s mate.

Preston. Landsman. HMS Jester. Promoted to quarter-gunner. (HMS Cockerel)

James Peel. Former Household Cavalry captain. Twigg’s associate.

Padgett. Purser’s assistant. HMS Jester. Promoted to clerk.

French

Henri Becquet. Lieutenant. Commander of La Follette.

Guillaume Choundas. Captain.

Pouzin. French security operative.

Jules Hainaut. Midshipman. La Follette. Protégé of Choundas.

Bayard. Captain. La Vengeance.

Italian
Marcello di Silvano. Senator. Genoa.

Claudia Mastandrea. Di Silvano’s mistress.

Austrian
Baron von Losma. Lieutenant. Lancers.

Art and Literary References

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Edward Gibbon.
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