Joseph Nourse (Royal Navy officer)

Commodore Joseph Nourse CB (23 June 1779 – 4 September 1824) was a Royal Navy officer who became commander-in-chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station.

Joseph Nourse
Born	23 June 1779
Died	4 September 1824 Mauritius
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1793–1824
Rank	Commodore
Commands held	Cape of Good Hope Station
Battles/wars	War of 1812
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Naval career

Nourse joined the Royal Navy in 1793 and, having been promoted, to captain, was given command of the frigate HMS Fridericksteen.[1] He transferred to the command of the fourth-rate HMS Severn and took part in the capture and burning of Washington on 24 August 1814 during the War of 1812.[2] He became commander-in-chief of the Cape of Good Hope Station in 1822, engaged with combating the slave trade, before dying of malaria in Mauritius in 1824.[3][4]

References

1. "The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australia, Volume 21". Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen. 1826.
2. "Historical papers". University of Witwatersrand. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
3. Hiscocks, Richard. "Cape Commander-in-Chief 1795-1852". morethannelson.com. morethannelson.com. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
4. Walker, Eric Anderson (1963). The Cambridge History of the British Empire. CUP Archive. p. 879. Retrieved 19 November 2016.