Sir edward pellew biography of william

1757-1833. He was born on 19 April 1757 at Dover, the second of four sons of Samuel Pellew, a commander of a local packet and a man of Cornish descent who had fallen on hard times, and of his wife Constantia Langford.

He was the elder brother of Admiral Sir Israel Pellew, and of John, an Army officer killed at Saratoga, and of William, who was the collector of customs at Falmouth for much of the 1790 s when Pellew s squadron was based there.

He was the father of Captain Pownall Pellew and of Admiral Hon. Sir Fleetwood Pellew.

Following Samuel Pellew s death in 1764 the family returned to Penzance where it prospered under the patronage of Viscount Falmouth, elder brother of Admiral Rt.

Hon. Edward Boscawen, and where Edward Pellew was educated at Truro Grammar School. Having run away from school to escape a beating he entered the Navy in December 1770 aboard the Juno 32, commanded by Admiral Boscawen s old boatswain John Stott, and after a v