William Nugent Glascock
| William Nugent Glascock | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1787 |
| Died | 9 October 1847 Baltinglass, Ireland |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1800 - 1855 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Commands held |
HMS Carnation HMS Drake HMS Orestes HMS Tyne |
| Battles/wars | |
William Nugent Glascock (c. 1787 – 9 October 1847) was an Irish officer in the Royal Navy and a novelist. He saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and later in the years of relative peace.
Glascock was born about 1787 and joined the navy in January 1800, serving aboard the frigate HMS Glenmore under Captain George Duff. Duff was moved to command HMS Vengeance in 1801 and took Glascock with him. Glascock spent the next few years with Duff seeing service in the Baltic, off the coast of Ireland, and in the West Indies. In 1803 he was appointed to the newly built 74-gun HMS Colossus and afterwards to the 90-gun HMS Barfleur, in which he was present at the Battle of Cape Finisterre on 22 July 1805, and later at the blockade of Brest under Admiral William Cornwallis. In November 1808 he was promoted to lieutenant of HMS Dannemark, and served in her at the reduction of Flushing in August 1809; in 1812 he was a lieutenant of the 74-gun HMS Clarence in the Bay of Biscay.
Glascock afterwards served in a number of frigates on the home station, successively HMS Tiber, HMS Madagascar, and HMS Maeander, and in the 32-gun HMS Sir Francis Drake, flagship of Sir Charles Hamilton on the Newfoundland station. He was promoted from her to the command of the sloop HMS Carnation in November 1818. In 1819 he commanded the brig HMS Drake, from which he was obliged as an invalid. In 1830 Glascock was appointed to the sloop HMS Orestes, which he commanded on the home station during 1831, but in 1832 he was sent to the coast of Portugal, and during the latter months of the year was stationed in the Douro, for the protection of British interests in the disturbed state of the country during the Liberal Wars.
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