Sir Pulteney Malcolm

Pulteney Malcolm
Sir Pulteney Malcolm
Born	(1768-02-20)20 February 1768 Douglan, Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Died	20 July 1838(1838-07-20) (aged 70) East Lodge, Enfield, London
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1778–1834
Rank	Admiral
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary Wars War of 1812 Napoleonic Wars
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Relations	Sir Charles Malcolm (brother) Sir James Malcolm (brother) Sir John Malcolm (brother)

Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm GCB GCMG (20 February 1768 – 20 July 1838) was a British naval officer. He was born at Douglan, near Langholm, Scotland, on 20 February 1768, the third son of George Malcolm of Burnfoot, Langholm, in Dumfriesshire, a sheep farmer, and his wife Margaret, the sister of Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley. His brothers were Sir James Malcolm, Sir John Malcolm, and Sir Charles Malcolm.

He entered the navy in 1778, during the American Revolutionary War, on the books of the Sibyl, commanded by his uncle, Captain Pasley. With Pasley he afterwards served in the Jupiter, in the squadron under Commodore George Johnstone, and was present at the action in Porto Praya and at the capture of the Dutch Indiamen in Saldanha Bay. In 1782 the Jupiter carried out Admiral Pigot to the West Indies. Malcolm was thus brought under the admiral's notice, was taken by him into the flagship, and some months later, on 3 March 1783, was promoted to be lieutenant of the Jupiter.

He continued serving during the peace, and in 1793, at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars, was first lieutenant of the Penelope frigate on the Jamaica stationn, under the command of Captain Bartholomew Rowley. The Penelope's service was peculiarly active. In company with the Iphigenia she captured the French frigate Inconstante, on the coast of San Domingo, on 25 November 1793; she captured or cut out many privateers or merchant vessels; and Malcolm, as first lieutenant, commanded her boats in several sharp conflicts.