The court-martial of James, Lord Gambier, was a notorious British naval legal case during the summer of 1809, in which Admiral Lord Gambier requested a court-martial to examine his behaviour during th
Copy of an 1807 portrait of Cochrane
1813 portrait of Gambier, made four years after the court-martial
Sternhold and Hopkins at Sea; or a slave out of time. Charles Williams, 1809. A satirical print depicting Gambier and Cochrane during the Battle of the Basque Roads; Gambier is shown reading the Bible, ignoring Cochrane's request to pursue the French fleet
Admiral of the Fleet James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator. After seeing action at the capture of Charleston during the American Revolutionary War, he s
Court-martial of James, Lord Gambier
…The court-martial of James, Lord Gambier, was a notorious British naval legal case during the summer of 1809, in which Admiral Lord Gambier requested a court-martial to examine his behaviour during the Battle of the Basque Roads in April of the same year. Noted for the acrimony and corruption…
Iver Grove, Gambier's home in Buckinghamshire
The third-rate HMS Defence, commanded by Gambier, at the Glorious First of June in 1794