Benjamin Hallowell Carew
| Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew | |
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by John Hayter
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| Born |
1 January 1761 Probably Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | 2 September 1834 (aged 73) |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Great Britain United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Rank | Admiral of the Blue |
| Commands held |
Cork Station Nore Command |
| Battles/wars |
Battle of St. Kitts Battle of the Saintes Battle of Hyeres Battle of Cape St Vincent Battle of the Nile |
| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) Neapolitan Order of Saint Ferdinand and Merit |
| Relations | Ann Inglefield |
Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew GCB, (born Benjamin Hallowell) (?1 January 1761 – 2 September 1834) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. He was one of the select group of officers, referred to by Lord Nelson as his "Band of Brothers", who served with him at the Battle of the Nile.
Although he is often identified as Canadian, Hallowell's place and exact date of birth have been the subject of dispute among researchers. He was possibly born on 1 January 1761 in Boston, Massachusetts, where his British father, former naval captain Benjamin Hallowell (1723–1799), was Commissioner of the Board of Customs. His mother, Mary (Boylston) Hallowell, was the daughter of Thomas Boylston, and a first cousin of Susanna Boylston, the mother of the 2nd President of the United States, John Adams, and grandmother of the 6th President, John Quincy Adams. He was a brother of Ward Nicholas Boylston and a nephew of Governor Moses Gill.
His father's job exposed Hallowell's Loyalist family to attacks as American revolutionary sentiment grew. In August 1765 the Hallowell house in Roxbury was ransacked by a mob and the family relocated to Jamaica Plain and in September 1774 his father was pursued by a furious mob of 160 mounted men who had gathered to hear news of the resignation of other customs officials. The family left the country in March 1776, at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, and their estates were stolen. They stayed for a short time in Halifax, Nova Scotia, then took a passage to England in July 1776.
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