INDEX

Acasta, 167, 170, 174, 177

Acre, siege of, 58, 59;

bombardment of, 276

Agamemnon, 165, 167, 174

Ajax, 162

Alarm, 284

l’Alexandre, 167, 172, 173, 178

Alfred, 201

Algeciras, 53, 91

Amazon, 135, 141

Amethyst, 167

Amiens, peace of, 112

Amphion, 135, 141

Anholt, Island of, 228, 229

Anstruther, Brigadier-General, 199-203

Arethusa, 167

Atlas, 174

Aurora, 81;

under Charles Austen, 36, 274

Austen, Cassandra, bringing up, 10-12;

letters from Jane, 42, 43, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 95-104, 107, 109, 180-203, 204-208, 210, 250

Austen, Charles, bringing up, 11;

education, 15;

midshipman, 21;

in Dædalus, 23;

in Unicorn, 23;

in Endymion, 23;

as lieutenant in Scorpion, 45;

in Tamar, 48, 52;

in Endymion, 48, 53, 91, 109;

prizes, 91;

return home in 1800, 95;

reappointment to Endymion, 122;

appointment to Indian as Commander, 122;

on North American station, 205-210;

marriage, 207;

capture of La Jeune Estelle, 207;

promotion to post rank, 207;

in Swiftsure, 207;

letter to Jane, 209;

in Cleopatra, 210;

home-coming in 1811, 210;

in Namur, 211;

his children at Chawton, 236;

visit to Godmersham, 250-253;

in Phœnix, 266;

letter to Jane about her books, 270;

last letter from Jane, 271;

on West Indies station, 274;

in Aurora, 274;

in Winchester, 275;

in Bellerophon, 275;

awarded C.B., 278;

Rear-Admiral, 278;

Commander-in-Chief on East India station, 278;

in Second Burmese War, 278;

in Hastings, 278;

in Pluto, 281;

death in 1852, 281

Austen, Edward, afterwards Knight, 43;

death of wife, 204;

at Chawton, 234;

at Godmersham, 244-249;

death in 1852, 281

Austen, Francis William, bringing up, 11;

education, 15;

letter from his father, 17-20;

midshipman in Perseverance, Crown and Minerva, 16, 23;

lieutenant, 28;

in Seahorse, 45, 57;

in London, 29, 45, 57;

in Glory, 29;

in Lark, 41;

appointed to Triton, 44;

to Peterel as Commander, 48-51;

letter to Nelson, 63;

capture of La Ligurienne, 83-86;

promotion to post rank, 86, 107, 111;

return home in 1801, 108;

appointed to Neptune as Flag-captain to Admiral Gambier, 111;

at Ramsgate, 112-114;

engagement, 113;

appointed to Leopard, 115;

letters from Jane, 125, 127, 129, 233, 243;

appointed to Canopus, 124;

chase to West Indies, 130-146;

letters to Mary Gibson, 148-161, 174-176;

after Trafalgar, 162;

meeting with Villeneuve, 159;

wish for a frigate, 160, 164, 185;

in action of St. Domingo, 164-179;

marriage, 181;

appointed to St. Albans, 186;

at Simon’s Bay, 186-190;

at St. Helena, 191-193;

return home in 1807, 194;

at Penang, 212-218;

at Canton, 219-223;

dealings with Viceroy of Canton, 210-223;

appointed to Caledonia, 225;

to Elephant, 226;

at Chawton Great house, 262;

awarded C.B., 282;

Colonel of Marines, 282;

Rear-Admiral, 282;

at Portsdown Lodge, 282;

K.C.B., 282;

Vice-Admiral, 282;

on North American and West Indian station, 282;

appointed to Vindictive, 282;

meeting with Dundonald, 284;

Admiral, 285;

G.C.B., 285;

Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom, 285;

Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom, 285;

Admiral of the Fleet, 285;

death in 1865, 286

Austen, the Reverend George, 8;

letter to Francis, 16-20;

death, 125-129

Austen, Henry, 9;

death of Mrs. Henry Austen, 235, 261;

visit from Jane, 245;

pride in Jane’s books, 248, 260

Austen, the Reverend James, 97, 126

Austen, Jane, bringing up, 10-12;

letters to Cassandra, see Cassandra Austen;

letters to Francis, 125, 127, 129, 233, 243;

on Sir John Moore, 203;

failing health, 270;

letter to Charles, 271;

death in 1817, 271;

verses written in last illness, 272

Austen, Mrs., 9, 10, 126, 128

Austen, Colonel Thomas, 238

Austerlitz, battle of, 116

Ava, King of, 278

Bacchante, captured by Endymion, 122

Balgonie, Lord, 124

Ballast, shingle, 119;

iron, 120

Barham, Lord, 140, 141

Battle of the Nile, 58, 130

Bayeux tapestry, 115

Baynton, Captain H. W., 132

Belleisle, 132, 135, 158

Bellerophon, 45, 158, 275-278

Bentinck, Lord William, at Palermo, 267

Bernadotte, Crown Prince of Sweden, 231, 233

Berthier, General, 200

Bertie, Admiral, 183

Bettesworth, Captain, 139, 140

Bickerton, Sir Richard, 132

Blackwood, Captain, 149

Blight, Captain, 202

Blockades, “Naval Chronicle” on, 116;

Dr. Fitchett on, 117;

Nelson on, 118

Bonaparte, Napoleon, departure for East, 58;

in Egypt, 59;

attacks Acre, 59;

return from East, 78;

as First Consul in Italian campaign, 87-90 (see under Napoleon)

Bonaparte, Jerome, 173-174

Bonaparte, Joseph, 196, 267

Boulogne, notes on, 120-122

Boulogne flotilla, 115

Bowen, Dr., 125, 128

Boyle, Captain Courtenay, 103, 104

le Brave, 169

Bridges, Edward, 247

Bridport, Lord, 57, 59, 60

Brindisi blockaded, 269

Bruix, Admiral, 59-66

Burmese War, Second, 23, 278-281

Burney, Fanny, 184, 262

Burrard, Sir Harry, 197

Cadiz, blockades of, 29, 147

Calder, Admiral Sir Robert, 140, 142, 144, 145, 153

Caledonia, Francis Austen on, 225

Canopus, Francis Austen appointed to, 124;

captured from French Navy, 130;

part taken in pursuit of Villeneuve, 130-140;

blockading Cadiz, 147;

in action of St. Domingo, 165, 167, 174

Canton, 219, 223;

Francis Austen’s dealings with Viceroy, 219-223

Capitan Pacha, 103, 104

Caroline of Brunswick, Princess, 41

Centaur, 73, 80, 138

Cheminant, M., 139

Cintra, Convention of, 198

Cleopatra, Charles Austen in, 210

Cochrane, Admiral, 169

Collingwood, Admiral, 143, 159

Convoying, incidents in, 149-152, 194, 221-228

Conqueror, 132, 135

Cornwallis, Admiral, 23, 140, 142

Courageuse, 80, 86, 87

Crown, 16, 23

Culloden, 45, 87

le Curieux, 138, 139, 140, 142

Dædalus, 23

Dalhousie, Lord, 278

Dalrymple, General Sir Hew, 197

Defence, 45

Defiance, 199, 201

Desertions, 36, 169

Despatch boats, insecurity of, 90

Donabyu, 281

Donegal, 132, 135, 143, 165, 167, 168, 174

D’Ott, Baron, 86, 89

Duckworth, Commodore, 61;

afterwards Sir John, 165 (at St. Domingo)

Dundonald, Lord, meeting with Francis Austen at Bermuda, 284

Durham, Captain, 91, 109

Elephant, Francis Austen appointed to, 226;

in the Baltic, 228

Emerald, 78, 80

“Emma,” wedding in, 182

Endymion, 23, 48, 53;

captures, 91;

Charles Austen reappointed to, 122, 149

Epervier, 174, 177

Euryalus, 143, 149, 159, 160, 162

Ferdinand, King of the Two Sicilies, 267-269

Fox, nephew of Charles James Fox on Jane Austen’s works, 270

le Franklin, 130

Frigate, Francis Austen’s wish for, 160, 164, 185

la Furie, captured by Endymion, 91

Gambier, Admiral, 48, 49, 51;

Francis Austen Flag-captain to, 111, 225

Ganteaume, Admiral, 116, 131

Garland, 266, 268

Germes, 98-103

Gibbs, Dr., 126, 128

Gibson, Mary, 143;

letters to, 148-161, 174-176;

marriage, 181

Glory, 29

Goliath, 45, 64

“Grand Army of England,” 115

Guillaume Tell, 86, 90

Halcyon, 143

Hallowell, Captain Benjamin, 132

Hancock, Dr., 261

Hardy, Captain Thomas, 132

Hargood, Captain William, 132

Hastings, Warren, 260, 261

Hastings, 279

Hermes, 227

Hoppo, the, 220

Hotham, Captain, 201

Hyena, 61, 62

l’Impériale, 172

Indian, Charles Austen in command of, 122, 205-210

Inglis, Captain, 105

Italy, Unity of, 266-270

Joubert, General, 81, 82

Junot, General, 197

Jupiter, 41

Keats, Captain R. G., 132

Keith, Admiral Lord, in command in the Mediterranean, 65-79;

conference with Baron d’Ott, 89

Kellerman, General, 200

Kerr, Lady Robert, her opinion of “Pride and Prejudice,” 248, 250

Kingfisher, 169, 174

Knatchbull, Mr., 211, 247

Knight, Edward (see Edward Austen)

Krakatoa Island, 225

Ladrones, 219

Lambert, Commodore, 278, 279

Lark, 41

La Legère, 21

Leigh Perrot, Mrs., 236

Leigh, Thomas, 236

Leipzig, battle of, 232, 266

Leopard, 32;

Francis Austen appointed to, 115;

at Boulogne, 115, 122

Leven, Lord and Lady, 133

Leviathan, 72, 132, 135, 143, 162

la Ligurienne captured by Peterel, 83-86

Lloyd, Martha, 50, 114

London, 29, 30, 45, 49, 57

Louis, Admiral, 115, 130, 132, 136, 151

Lyford, Dr., 271

Magicienne, 174

Mahan, Captain, on Continental system, 207

Majestic, 45

Malays, 212-218

Malcolm, Captain Pulteney, 132, 199

“Mansfield Park,” Mary Crawford on the distance in the wood, 3;

brothers and sisters, 6, 8, 16;

William Price as midshipman, 24-27;

promotion of William Price, 46, 47, 54;

William’s cross and Edmund’s chain, 92;

William’s return, 109;

wedding of Maria Bertram, 181;

Jane Austen at work on, 237;

Fanny’s home-coming, 238

Marengo, campaign of, 87, 89, 266

Marlborough, 29, 30, 31

Mars, 158, 163

Massena, General, at Genoa, 81, 87, 89

Mehemet Ali, Pasha of Egypt, 275

Melas, General, 89

Mercury, 219

Mermaid, 85, 86

Mexican and United States War, 284

Minerva, 16

La Minerve, 82

Minotaur, 45, 89

Missiessy, Admiral, 131, 136, 137;

at the Scheldt, 227

“Le Moniteur,” 145, 146

Moore, Sir John, 198;

Jane Austen on, 203

Moreau, General, in Italy, 65, 80

Murat, Joachim, King of Naples, 266, 270

Murat, Caroline, 266, 268, 269

Murray, Admiral George, 132

Naiad, 142

Namur, Charles Austen in, 250

Napier, Commodore Charles, 275-278

Naples, 266-270

Napoleon, his “Grand Army of England,” 115;

display of Bayeux Tapestry, 115;

in Spain, 196-198;

“Naval Chronicle” on, 122;

decline of, 231;

his son King of Rome, 267, 269;

dealings with Joachim Murat, 266, 269;

escape from Elba, 269

Naval Academy, 15-16

“Naval Chronicle” on blockades, 116;

on Napoleon, 122;

on Nelson’s return from the West Indies, 144;

censure on Sir Robert Calder, 145

Navy, volunteers in, 15-21;

early promotions, 28;

punishments, 28-31;

work of press-gang, 32-35;

difficulty of securing crews, 34;

prizes, 37, 71-75;

mutinies, 29;

improvements in comfort, 111;

comments on in Jane Austen’s novels:

Mrs. Clay, 3;

Edward Ferrars, 5;

Anne Elliot, 38, 265;

Sir Walter Elliot, 38-40;

Louisa Musgrove, 265;

Lady Bertram, 25;

Henry Crawford, 25;

Jane Austen, 286

Nelson, at battle of the Nile, 58;

at Palermo, 59, 60;

in pursuit of Villeneuve, 130-146;

return from the West Indies, 144;

death of, 155, 156

Neptune, 111

Nicaragua, 283, 284

“Northanger Abbey,” brothers and sisters, 6;

Catherine Morland’s childhood, 12

Northumberland, 169, 170, 173

Novi, battle of, 81

La Nymphe, 60

Orion, 45, 162

Oudinot, Marshal, 232

Paget, Captain, 122

Palmer, Fanny, 207;

Mrs. Charles Austen, 252

Parliament, thanks of, 179

Pellew, Captain Israel, 132

Penang, 212-218

Peninsular War, beginning of, 196

Perrée, Admiral, 78-80

Perseverance, 16-23

“Persuasion,” Mrs. Clay on Navy, 3;

brothers and sisters, 6;

Dick Musgrove as midshipman, 24;

Admiral Croft on sharp practice, 35;

speedy advancement of Captain Wentworth, 37;

Anne Elliot’s comments on the navy, 38;

Sir Walter Elliot on the navy, 38-40;

Captain Wentworth’s description of life on board a sloop of war, 74-77;

argument between Captain Harville and Anne Elliot, 178;

question of ladies on board ship, 255-259;

Harville family at Lyme Regis, 262;

Jane Austen’s comment on the Navy, 286

Peterel, Francis Austen appointed to, 48, 51;

despatch for Lord Nelson at Palermo, 61-64;

captured under Captain Charles Long, 67;

prizes, 71-73;

capture of despatches for Suwarrow, 83;

capture of La Ligurienne, 83-86;

blockade of Alexandria, 90, 98-103;

rescue of Turkish line-of-battle ship from French and Arabs, 99-103

Phœbe, 227

Phœnix, Charles Austen in command of, 266;

blockading Brindisi, 269;

lost off Smyrna, 270

Pluto, Charles Austen’s death in, 280

Popham, Captain, 112

Powerful, 72, 165, 167, 168, 170, 275, 278

Pressgang, 32-35

“Pride and Prejudice,” brothers and sisters, 5;

Lady Robert Kerr’s opinion of, 248-260;

Warren Hastings’s opinion of, 260;

Jane Austen’s opinion of, 237

Prima, galley, 88

Prince of Wales, 142, 153

Princess Caroline, 232

Princess Charlotte, 276, 277

Prizes, 37, 71-73, 91, 209

Proclamation to encourage enlisting, 34

Prome, 280-281

Punishments, 28-31

Ramsgate, Francis Austen at, 112-114

Rangoon, 216, 278-281

Rattler, 279

Robinson, Captain Mark, 132

Rodd, Captain John Tremayne, 47

Rowing guard, 88

Royal Naval Academy, 15, 16

Royal Proclamation to encourage enlisting, 34

Royal Sovereign, 132, 135, 158, 163

Rugen, Island of, 230, 231

St. Albans, Francis Austen appointed to, 186;

difficulty in getting supplies, 186;

at Simon’s Bay, 186-190;

at St. Helena, 191-193;

expected home, 193;

at Penang, 212-218;

at Canton, 219-223

St. Domingo, battle of, 130, 164-179

St. Helena, Francis Austen’s notes on, 191-193, 194

St. Vincent, battle off Cape, 57

St. Vincent, Earl, putting down mutinies, 30-31;

moved to Gibraltar, 51;

sees French fleet enter Mediterranean, 60;

health gives way, 65

Santa Margarita, 21, 22

Scipio captured by Endymion, 91

Scorpion, 45, 49

Scott, Walter, Jane Austen on, 208

Sea Fencibles, 112-113

Seahorse, 29, 45, 57

“Sense and Sensibility,” Edward Ferrars on navy, 5;

sale of, 237, 250

Sherer, Mr., 247

Simon’s Bay, Francis Austen’s notes on, 186-190, 194

Smith, Sir Sydney, at Acre, 59;

off Alexandria, 90, 95

Southampton, home of the Austens, 182

Spencer, Lord, 49, 51

Spencer, 132, 135, 142, 143, 165, 167, 170, 171, 174

Steventon, description of family at, 8;

of parsonage at, 9;

bringing up of family at, 10-12

Stopford, Captain the Honourable Robert, 132;

Admiral, 275, 276

Stuart, Captain John, 132

Success, 80

Superb, 132, 135, 165, 167, 168, 169, 170;

letter of officer on board, 171-173, 174

Suwarrow, Marshal, in Italy, 80-83

Swedish Pomerania, 230-232

Swiftsure, 45, 132, 135;

Charles Austen in, 207, 210

Swordfish, capture of, 228

Tamar, 48-52

la Tamise, 21-22

Téméraire, 158, 163

Theseus, 45, 76

Tigre, 79, 90, 98, 103, 132, 135, 143, 147

Tonnant, 163

Toulon, escape of Villeneuve’s fleet from, 131, 133

Trafalgar, battle of, 131, 141, 155-159;

scene after, 162-163

Trafalgar, Cape, 45

Transfer, 90, 98, 103

Trebbia, battle of, 80, 81

la Tribune, fight with Unicorn, 21, 22

Triton, crew impressed, 34;

Francis Austen appointed to, 44

Troubridge, Captain, 56, 61, 79, 87

Turkey declares war against France, 59

Unicorn, fight with la Tribune, 21, 22

United States, illicit carrying trade, 205;

war with, 227

Vanguard, 45

Victory, 132-142, 148, 158

Vienna, 116;

Congress of, 268

Ville de Paris, 142

Villeneuve, 115;

pursuit of, 130-146;

letter on action with Calder, 145;

prisoner, 159

Vimiera, battle of, 197-303

la Virginie, 82

Vixen, 284

Volunteers, 15, 21

Warren, Sir John, 207

Waterloo, Battle of, 269

Wellesley, Sir Arthur, 197, 199 (see Wellington)

Wellington, Duke of, 232

Whitworth, Lord, 238

Williams, Sir Thomas, 21, 23;

marriage, 42, 48, 53, 211

Winchester, 235, 271-273

Winchester, 275

Young, Admiral, 227

Zealous, 45, 149, 228