Persons after whom Cook named geographical features.

Many of the people listed below have entries in the Dictionary of National Biography (DNB). A reference is provided to the entry. It is possible to see the wills of many of the people. They are lodged at the Family Records Centre (FRC) of National Archives. The number and date are listed if known.

Nathaniel Bateman was a Navy Captain under whom James Cook served on HMS Northumberland as Master in 1760. Bateman's Bay (35º 44'S, 150º 15'E) on the southern New South Wales coast was named after him.

Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth, Marquess of Bath, (13 September 1734-19 November 1796) was a Secretary of State for the Southern Department from 1768 until 1770 and again from 1775 until 1779. He succeeded as 3rd Viscount Weymouth on 13 January 1751 and was created Marquess of Bath on 18 August 1789. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1765 and became a Knight of the Garter in 1778. He died in 1796 and his will was proven on 15 December 1796. Prob. 11/1282. DNB. Vol. 19, pp. 849-853. Weymouth Bay (12° 32'S, 143° 21'E) and Cape Weymouth (12° 37'S, 143° 26'E) on the northern Queensland coast were named after him.

Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning. (27 August 1728-19 May 1810) was a politician. He was M.P. for Yarmouth from 1756 until 1784 becoming a Lord Commisioner of the Admiralty from 1765 until 1770 and Treasurer of the Navy from 1783 to 1784. He was created Baron Bayning on 20 October 1797. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1777. (To differentiate him from his cousin with the same name who was Chancellor of the Exchequer, he was referred to as Spanish Charles). He died in 1810. DNB. Vol. 19, p. 1047. Cape Townshend (22° 13'S, 150° 29'E) on the central Queensland coast was named after him.

Sir John Russell, Duke of Bedford, (30 September 1710-15 January 1771) was a politician. He became 4th Duke of Bedford on 23 October 1732. From 1744 until 1748 he was First Lord of the Admiralty. He was a Secretary of State for the Southern Department from 1748 until 1751; Lord Privy Seal from 1761 until 1763; and then Lord President of the Council from 1763 until 1765. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1744 and became a Knight of the Garter in 1749. Cape Bedford (15° 14'S, 145° 20'E), just north of Cookstown in northern Queensland was named after him. He died in 1771. His will was proven on 18 February 1771. Prob. 11/963. DNB. Vol. 17, pp. 447-451.

William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Besborough (1704-11 March 1793) was a Whig politician. He was elected as M.P. for Kilkenny in the Irish Parliament in 1742 and represented Derby in the British Parliament from 1742 to 1754. He was next elected to represent Saltash, Cornwall, from 1754 to 1756. He was M.P. for Harwich from 1756 until 1758 when he became Earl of Besborough on the death of his father. Besborough, as William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon, was a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty from 1746 until 1756 when he moved to a similar position in the Treasury. He was Postmaster General from June 1759 until 1762, and again from July 1765 until August 1766. Besborough became a Trustee of the British Museum in 1770 and was a friend of Joesph Banks. Like Banks, he was a member of the Society of Dilettanti. He gave Cook poultry for third voyage to leave on Pacific islands. Besborough married Carolina, daughter of the third Duke of Devonshire in 1739. They had two daughters and a son. His will was proven on 15 May 1793. Prob. 11/1232. DNB. Vol. 16, pp. 88-89. Besboro Island (64° 08'N, 161° 18'W) in Norton Sound, Alaska was named after him.

Sir Peircy Brett (1709-14 October 1781) was a career naval officer. He accompanied Anson in 1740 on HMS Centurion as a lieutenant. From 1766 to 1770, Brett was a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. He became an Admiral of the Blue (Rear in 1762, Full in 1778). Cape Brett (35° 10'S, 174° 20'E) at the mouth of the Bay of Islands in New Zealand was named after him. Cook also named a nearby tiny offshore island with a natural arch Peircy Island (now Motukokako) (35° 09'S, 174° 20'E) after the admiral as a pun. His will was proven on 29 November 1781. Prob. 11/1083. DNB. Vol. 2, pp. 1191-1192.

Augustus John Hervey, Earl of Bristol, (19 May 1724-23 December 1779) was a career naval officer and a friend of Cook's. He was made Colonel of the Plymouth Division of Marines in 1762 and a Lord Commisioner of the Admiralty in 1771. He was promoted to Rear-Admiral in 1775 and Vice-Admiral in 1778. He was M.P. for Bury in 1757 and from 1761 to 1762; for Saltash from 1763 to 1768; and again for Bury in 1768 and from 1774 to 1775. He succeeded as 3rd Earl of Bristol on 18 March 1775. He died in 1779 and his will was proven on 24 December 1779. Prob. 11/1059. DNB. Vol. 9, pp. 728-730. Hervey Bay (25° 03'S, 153° 05'E) on the southern Queensland coast, the Hervey Islands (22° 23'S, 150° 44'E) on the central Queensland coast and Bristol Island (Cape Bristol) (59° S, 26° 30'W) in the South Sandwich Islands were all named after him. Bristol Bay (58° 15'N, 158°W) and the Bristol River (now the Kvichak River) (58° 53'N, 157°W) in southwestern Alaska were also named after him. Cook originally called some islands in the Pacific, the Hervey Islands. Together with other nearby islands, they were later renamed the Cook Islands.

John Buller (24 January 1721-26 July 1786) was a landowner in Cornwall, who lived at Morval House, just out of Looe on the south Cornish coast. He was also a politician and was M.P. for East Looe in Cornwall from 01 July 1747 until his death. Several Bullers, including two other Johns, represented the neighbouring constituencies of East and West Looe, which were under the control of the Buller family, before the rotten boroughs were disbanded by the Reform Act of 1832. John Buller became a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty from 1765 until 1780. Buller then became a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 12 September 1780 to 27 March 1782 under Lord North, the First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer, and again, under William Pitt, from 26 December 1783 until Buller's death in 1786. His will was proven on 02 August 1786. Prob. 11/1144. He was the younger son on John Francis Buller and his wife Rebecca (neé Trelawny) and married Elizabeth Hunter in 1768. They had one son, Frederick William. Cape Buller (53° 59'S, 37° 22'W) on the northwestern coast of South Georgia was named after John Buller.

John Byron (08 November 1723-10 April 1786) was a career naval officer. He was the Commander of the Dolphin on its voyage around world from 1764 to 1766. He was Governor of Newfoundland from 1769 until 1772. In 1778, he became a Vice-Admiral of the White. Cape Byron (28° 38'S, 153° 38'E) on the northern New South Wales coast was named after him. He was the grandfather of George Gordon, Lord Byron, the poet. His will was proven on 06 April 1786. Prob. 11/1140. DNB. Vol. 3, pp. 613-615.

John Campbell (1720?-16 December 1790) was a career naval officer. Campbell was born in Kirkbean, Kirkcudbrightshire (15 kilometres south of Dumfries) in Scotland in or before 1720. He went to sea as an apprentice on coastal vessels at a young age before joining the Royal Navy. He sailed around the world with Anson in 1740 on the Centurion as a midshipman before becoming a lieutenant in 1745. He became a captain in November 1747 and commanded various vessels. In 1759, he was flag-captain to Sir Edward Hawke at the battle of Quiberon Bay. Campbell commanded the Royal Charlotte from 1770 until 1778 when he became a rear-admiral. He made vice-admiral in 1779 but, being a friend of Keppel, was not given any appointments by Sandwich. However, on Keppel succeeding as First Lord of the Admiralty Campbell was made Governor of Newfoundland from 1782 until 1786. During his term, Campbell proclaimed religious freedom for all inhabitants of Newfoundland, including Roman Catholics. After his term, John Campbell returned to London where he died four years later on 16 December 1790. His will was proven on 03 February 1791. Prob. 11/1201. DNB. Vol. 3, pp. 829-830. Cape Campbell (41° 44'S, 174° 17'E) in New Zealand and Mont Campbell (49° 05'S, 70° 20'E) on Kerguelen Island were named after him.

Queen Charlotte Sophia (1744-17 November 1818) was the wife of George III. She came from the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, north of Berlin. She married George III on 08 September 1761. They had 15 children. DNB. Vol. 4, p. 123. Queen Charlotte Sound (Totaranui) (41° 13'S, 174° 09'E) in New Zealand, Queen Charlotte's Foreland (22° 17'S, 167° E) at the southern end of New Caledonia, Pointe Charlotte (49° 18'S, 70° 32'E) on the eastern coast of Kerguelen Island and Cape Charlotte (54° 33'S, 35° 53'W) on the eastern coast of South Georgia were all named after her.

John Clevland (c1707-19 June 1763) was Secretary to the Admiralty for many years. He was the son of Captain William Clevland, from Lanarkshire, who had a long naval career before being the Controller of the Storekeepers' Accounts for the Navy Board from 1718 until 1732. In 1702, he purchased Tapeley on the Torridge estuary in North Devon. William married Ann Davie, from nearby Orleigh Court, also in North Devon in 1703. John was born about 1707. His father used his position to obtain work for John who, from 1722 until 1726, was a Clerk (Storekeepers' Accounts) and then from 1726 until 1731 Chief Clerk (Storekeepers' Accounts) at the Navy Board. In 1731, Clevland moved back to Devon to be Clerk of Cheque at Plymouth. He moved back to London in 1743 as Clerk of Acts and then, in 1746, was appointed Second Secretary to the Admiralty. From 1751 until his death in 1763, Clevland was Secretary to the Admiralty. Clevland was an MP serving Saltash from 1741 to 1747 and again from 1761 until 1763. He also represented Sandwich from 1747 until 1761. It is uncertain whether Cleveland Bay (19° 13'S, 146° 55'E) and Cape Cleveland (19° 11'S, 147° 01'E) on the central Queensland coast were named after Cleveland or after the region of North Yorkshire where Cook was born. The extra e in the middle has created doubt and Cook did not provide a reason for using the name.

George Cockburne (? -1770) was a career naval officer who was Comptroller of the Navy from 1755 until his death in 1770. He became an Admiral and served as a Commissioner of Longitude. (Not to be confused with a later Admiral of the same name). The Cockburn Islands (11° 50'S, 143° 19'E) off Cape Grenville on the northern Queensland coast were named after him (note the missing final e).

Alexander Colvill, 7th Baron Colvill. See entry in the printed Captain Cook Encyclopaedia for more information.

Henry Seymour Conway (1721-09 July 1795) was a career soldier and politician. He was a Secretary of State in Rockingham's Government from 1765 until 1768. He then returned to military life and from 1782 until 1793 was Commander-in-Chief. In 1793, he became a Field-Marshall. His will was proven on 21 August 1795. Prob. 11/1264. Cape Conway (20° 32'S, 148° 56'E) near the Whitsunday Islands on the Queensland coast was named after him. DNB. Vol. 4, pp. 976-982.

Cornwall. see Wales, Prince of.

Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland (27 November 1745-18 September 1790) was the fourth son of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, a grandson of King George II and a younger brother of George III. The Cumberland Islands (20° 45'S, 149° 20'E) off the Queensland coast and Cape Cumberland (14° 40'S, 166° 37'E) on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu (New Hebrides) were named after him. Cumberland Bay (54° 12'S, 36° 26'W) on the northern coast of South Georgia and Cap Cumberland (48° 42'S, 69° 08'E) on the northwestern coast of Kerguelen Island were also named after him. DNB. Vol. 9, pp. 560-561.

George Darby (?-1790) was a career naval officer. He made lieutenant in 1742 and was appointed captain of HMS Warwick in 1747. During the Seven Years War, he served in the English Channel and later in the West Indies, under Admiral Rodney. He took part in the capture of Martinique in 1762. In the War of American Independence, he became second-in-command of the Channel fleet. In 1778, Darby became a Rear-Admiral and a Vice-Admiral the following year. His career owed much to an association with the Earl of Sandwich, the First Lord of the Admiralty. When others turned down the chance, Darby, who lacked ability, was appointed to command the Channel Fleet in 1780. He also became a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty in 1780. In April 1781, he relieved Gibraltar from its siege by the Spanish, and this event is recorded in the portrait, mentioned below. His will was proven on 17 April 1790. Prob. 11/1190. The National Maritime Museum has a portrait of Darby by George Romney. Cape Darby (64° 21'N, 162° 50'W) in Alaska on Norton Sound was named after him. DNB. Vol. 5, p. 493.

Basil Feilding, 6th Earl of Denbigh (03 January 1719-14 July 1800) became Earl of Denbigh on the death of his father in 1755. He was a member of the Privy Council from 1760. His will was proven on 10 September 1800. Prob. 11/1347. Cape Denbigh (64° 30'N, 161° 30'W) in Alaska on Norton Sound was named after him.

Robert Digby (20 December 1732-25 February 1815), a career naval officer, was the younger son of the 7th Baron Digby of Sherborne Castle, Dorsetshire. (The 7th Baron was a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty from 1763 to 1765). In 1755, Robert was captain of HMS Solebay on which Cook would sail two years later. By then though Digby was in command of the Dunkirk, on which he took part in 1759 in the Battle of Quiberon Bay. In 1768, Robert Digby, bought Minterne Magna in Dorsetshire. Digby crossed the Atlantic in 1781 as captain of the HMS Atalanta and in command of the North American Squadron. He escorted a group of United Empire Loyalists to the Bay of Fundy in 1783. In appreciation, they named their settlement Digby after him. He married Elizabeth Elliot, daughter of Andrew Elliot, the last British Lt. Governor of New York on 19 August 1784. Elliot's brother, John, was a naval officer, who served as governor of Newfoundland while his sister Jean (or Jane) Elliot wrote the popular Scottish ballad, "Flowers of the Forest". Digby became an Admiral (Rear in 1779, Vice in 1787, and Full in 1794). DNB. Vol. 5, pp. 972-973. Cap Digby (49° 07'S, 70° 32'E) on the northeastern coast of Kerguelen Island was named after him.

Wills Hill, Viscount Hillsborough, and 1st Marquess of Downshire (30 May 1718-07 October 1793), was a politician. He was born at Fairford in Gloucestershire. He became an English M.P. in 1741. He succeeded as 2nd Viscount Hillsborough on 05 May 1742 and was created Viscount Kilwarlin and Earl of Hillsborough (an Irish peerage) on 03 October 1751. He was M.P. for Warwick from 1741 until 1756. Guring this period Hillsborough was made Comptroller of the Royal household and a Privy councillor in 1754. He was made Baron Harwich on 17 November 1756 and Viscount Fairford and Earl of Hillsborough on 28 August 1772. For nearly two years, he was President of the Board of Trade and Plantations under George Grenville and, after a brief period of retirement, he filled the same position then that of Postmaster-General, under the Earl of Chatham. From 1768 to 1772, Hillsborough was Secretary of State for the Colonies and also President of the Board of Trade. He was made Viscount Hillsborough in 1772. In 1779 he was made Secretary of State for the Northern Department until 1782, when he retired from public office. He was subsequently created Marquess of Downshire on 20 August 1789 and died on 07 October 1793. DNB. Vol. 9, pp. 878-880. Cape Hillsborough (20° 54'S, 149° 103'E) on the central Queensland coast was named after him.

Dunk. see Halifax.

George Edgcumbe, Earl of Edgcumbe (03 March 1721-04 February 1795) was a career naval officer. He became an Admiral (Rear in 1762 and Full in 1778). From 1766 until 1770 he was Commander-in-chief at Plymouth. He succeeded as 3rd Baron Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe on 10 May 1761. He was created Viscount Mount Edgcumbe and Valletort on 05 March 1781 and Earl of Edgcumbe on 31 August 1789. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1765. Edgecumbe Bay (20° 08'S, 148° 23'E) on the Queensland coast, Mount Edgecumbe (57° 04'N, 135° 45'W) on Kruzof Island in southeastern Alaska and Mount Edgecumbe (Putauaki) (38° 06'S, 176° 44'E) in northeastern Te Ika a Maui, New Zealand were named after him. (Note the extra e). DNB. Vol. 6, p. 375.

John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, (24 February 1711-04 December 1770) was a politician. He was M.P. for Westminster from 1741 to 1747; for Weobly from 1747 until 1754; and for Bridgewater from 1754 until 1762. He was Postmaster General from 1762 until 1763 then First Lord of the Admiralty from 1763 until 1766. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1755. He succeeded as 2nd Earl of Egmont on 01 May 1748. He was created Baron Lovell and Holland on 07 May 1762. Egmont married twice, having five sons and two daughters with his first wife, Catherine, and three sons and six daughters with the second, also Catherine. He died in 1770 and his will was proven on 14 December 1770. Prob. 11/962. DNB. Vol. 15, pp. 815-818. Mount Egmont (Taranaki) (39° 18'S, 174° 04'E) and Cape Egmont (39° 17'S, 173° 45'E) in western Te Ika a Maui, New Zealand were named after him.

Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (22 May 1770-10 January 1840) was the second daughter of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, and granddaughter of George II. Cape Elizabeth (59° 09'N, 151° 52'W) in Alaska off the southern end of the Kenai Peninsula was named after her.

Fitzroy. see Grafton.

Admiral John Forbes (17 July 1714-10 March 1796) was the second son of George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard. He entered the Royal Navy in 1726 on the Burford, commanded by his uncle. Forbes became a Rear Admiral in 1747 and, in 1749, he was created Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean fleet. Poor health often affected his career. He was a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty from 1756 to 1763, during which time he gained fame for being the only member who would not ratify the sentence of death on Admiral John Byng over the loss of Minorca. Forbes refused to sign the death warrant in protest at the harshness of the sentence, and resigned from the Admiralty Board but rejoined two months later. He was a Commissioner of Longitude in 1768. Forbes was created a Vice Admiral in 1755, Admiral of the Blue in 1758, General of Marines in 1763, Admiral of the White in 1770, and eventually Admiral of the Fleet in 1781. However, ill-health prevented Forbes undertaking an active role. Forbes married Mary Capel, the daughter of William Capel, 3rd Earl of Essex in 1758 and they had two daughters. The National Maritime Museum has a portrait of Forbes by George Romney. His will was proven on 26 March 1796. Prob.11/1272. The Forbes Islands (12° 18'S, 143° 25'E) off the northern Queensland coast were named after him. DNB. Vol. 7, pp. 404-405.

Sir Thomas Frankland (1717?-1784) was the second son of Henry Frankland and a nephew of Sir Thomas Frankland, who had been a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty from 1733 to 1742. Frankland became a lieutenant in 1737 and is described as being upward of 20 years old and having served for six years. By 1755 he was Commodore at Antigua in the West Indies. He was recalled to Britain in 1758 and never returned to sea and active duty. He was promoted though to Admiral of the White. His older brother, Sir Charles Henry, died in 1768 without issue, so Frankland succeeded to the baronetcy. Frankland lived at Thirkleby Hall, outside Thirsk in North Yorkshire. He sat in five successive parliaments for Thirsk from 1749. Frankland married Sarah Rhett of South Carolina in 1743 and they had several children. He died in 1784. His will was proven on 13 December 1784. Prob. 11/1124. The Frankland Islands (17° 11'S, 146° 04'E) just south of Cairns in Queensland were named after him. DNB. Vol. 7, pp. 629-630.

King George III (24 May 1738-29 January 1820) was the eldest son of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales and the grandson of George II. His father had died in 1751 so George became King on the death of his grandfather in 1760 and remained King until his own death in 1820. He married Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz on 08 September 1761 and they had 15 children. Cap George (49° 42'S, 70° 15'E) on the southwestern coast of Kerguelen Island, Cape George (54° 15'S, 36° 23'W) on the eastern coast of South Georgia and South Georgia (54° 15'S, 36° 35'W), itself, were named after him.

William Henry, Duke of Gloucester (14 November 1743-25 August 1805) was the third son of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales a grandson of George II and a younger brother of George III. Cape Gloucester (20° 04'S, 148° 27'E), just north of the Whitsunday Islands on the Queensland coast and Cape Gloucester (54° 05'S, 73° 30'W) on the southwestern coast of Tierra del Fuego were named after him. DNB. Vol. 21, pp. 348-349.

Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, (01 October 1735-14 March 1811) was educated at Westminster School and Cambridge University. He became a politician, who, from 1767 until 1770, was Prime Minister (First Lord of the Treasury). He was also a Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1765 to 1766 and Lord Privy Seal from 1771 to 1775, and again in 1782. He was M.P. for Bury St.Edmunds from 1756 to 1757 when he succeeded as 3rd Duke of Grafton on 06 May 1757. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1765 and became a Knight of the Garter in 1769. He died in 1811 and his will was proven on 30 March 1811. Prob. 11/1520. Cape Grafton (16° 52'S, 145° 55'E) near present day Cairns in Queensland was named after him together with Fitzroy Island (16° 56'S, 146° 00'E) just off the cape. DNB. Vol. 7, pp. 198-200.

Sir Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley (23 June 1716-01 January 1789) was a politician. He was the eldest son of Thomas Norton of Grantley, Yorkshire. He became a barrister in 1739. In 1754, he was elected M.P. for Appleby in Westmorland and later represented Wigan from 1761 to 1768. Norton was knighted in 1762 and appointed Solicitor-General. The following year he was made Attorney-General and a Lords Commissioner of Trade and plantations. However, he lost office when Rockingham came into power in 1765. In 1769, now M.P. for Guildford, Norton became a Privy councillor and a Chief Justice before, in 1770 he was chosen as Speaker of the House of Commons. He remained in office until 1780 when under the new North government Norton was defeated in a vote. In 1782, he was created Baron Grantley of Markenfield. Fletcher Norton married Grace Chapple on 21 May 1741 and they had three sons and one daughter. He was described as a bold, able and eloquent, but not a popular pleader, and, as Speaker, he was aggressive and indiscreet. A general impression is that he was a hot-tempered and unprincipled. He died in London on 01 January 1789. Norton was related to James King, who sailed on Cook's third voyage. His will was proven on 16 January 1789. Prob. 11/1174. Norton Bay (64° 45'N, 161° 30'W) and Norton Sound (64° N, 162° W) in northwestern Alaska were named after him.

George Grenville (14 October 1712-13 November 1770) was a politician. He was born in London, the second son of seven children. His elder brother was Richard, Earl Temple, and one sister, Hester, married William Pitt, the Elder. He was educated at Eton College and at Oxford University. He entered Inner Temple and Lincoln's Inn and was called to the Bar in 1735. In 1741 he was elected as MP for Buckingham. Grenville was a member of a faction, which included Pitt the Elder that opposed Walpole's government. In 1744, Grenville entered Pelham's government and was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty from December 1744 to June 1747. He became Lord of the Treasury from June 1747 to March 1754. However, he was dismissed by the Duke of Newcastle's administration in 1755 only to be brought back into government in 1756. He served as Treasurer of the Navy from March 1754 to 20 November 1755; again from November 1756 to 9 April 1757; and finally from June 1757 to May 1762. He was also Leader of the House of Commons from October 1761 to October 1762 and from April 1763 to July 1765 as well as Secretary of State for the Northern Department from May to October 1762. He returned as First Lord of the Admiralty in October 1762 but in April 1763 Grenville became Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer until July 1765. His tenure was stormy and unpopular. He lost much credibility over the prosecution of John Wilkes but financial and colonial problems led to his downfall. In attempting to solve financial problems in Britain he alienated the American colonies by introducing the Stamp Act in early 1765 leading eventually to the War of American Independence. It did not help that George III disliked him. He continued in opposition through the 1760s resulted in him losing more and more credibility as a politician. In May 1749, Grenville married Elizabeth Wyndham and they had four sons and five daughters. In the summer of 1770, Grenville became ill and he died on 13 November 1770. The schooner that Cook used in Newfoundland during the 1760s was named after Grenville, then the First Lord of the Admiralty. His will was proven on 04 May 1771. Prob. 11/967. DNB. Vol. 8, pp. 556-560. Cape Grenville (11° 58'S, 143° 14'E) on the northern Queensland coast was named after him.

Charles Francis Greville (12 May 1749-23 May 1809) was the second son of Francis Greville, 1st Earl Brooke, 1st Earl of Warwick and his wife Elizabeth, and younger brother of George Greville. Charles never married but did have a mistress at his home in Paddington Green, London. Her name was Emma Hart but Greville's uncle, Sir William Hamilton, the Ambassador at the Court of Naples, advised him to marry. Greville sent Emma to Naples where she eventually married his uncle and later gained notoriety for her relationship with Lord Nelson. However, Greville's interests lay in natural history, ranging from geology to the growing of exotic plants in his garden. Greville was one of the founders of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1804 and Robert Brown named the genus Grevillea in his honour. In 1790, Sir William Hamilton gained assent to build a new model town and port at Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Greville was directly involved and began building docks, established a market and laid out roads. Charles and his brother, George, were both close friends of Joseph Banks and Fellows of the Royal Society. Many specimens from Cook's voyages entered the collections of the Earl of Warwick and Sir William Hamilton via Charles Greville. Greville's own mineral collection of about 20,000 specimens was purchased by the Government after his death and formed the basis of the British Museum's collection. The Greville brothers were also members of the Society of Dilettanti. Charles Greville succeeded his brother as M.P. for Warwick in January 1774 and served until 1790. Greville became a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty in 1782. Cape Greville (5° 0'N, 15° 5'W) on the west coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska was named after him (the name was probably supplied later by Canon Douglas).

George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax (05 October 1716-08 June 1771) was a politician. He was educated at Eton College and at Cambridge University. He succeeded as 2nd Earl of Halifax on 09 May 1739. In 1741, the earl married Anne Richards, who had inherited a fortune from Sir Thomas Dunk and Montagu agreed to add Dunk to his name. From 1748 to 1761, Halifax was President of the Board of Trade. Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia, was founded then and named after him. He was First Lord of the Admiralty briefly in 1762. He was a Secretary of State for the Northern Department from 1762 until 1765 and again in 1771 with a break as Lord Privy Seal from 1770 until 1771. Halifax was appointed to the Privy Council in 1749 and became a Knight of the Garter in 1764. He died in 1771. His will was proven on 12 Jul. 1771. Prob. 11/969. Dunk Island (17° 57'S, 146° 09'E) and Halifax Bay (19° 07'S, 146° 36'E) off the Queensland coast near Townsville were named after him. DNB. Vol. 6, pp. 199-201.

Sir Charles Hardy (1716-18 May 1780) was a career naval officer. He was knighted in 1755 and served with Hawke at Quiberon Bay in 1759. He was promoted to Admiral (Vice in 1762 and Full in 1770). From 1771 until 1780 he was Governor of Greenwich Hospital. His will was proven on 10 June 1780. Prob. 11/1066. DNB. Vol. 8, pp. 1236-1237. The Sir Charles Hardy Islands (11° 54'S, 143° 28'E) off Cape Grenville on the northern Queensland coast were named after him.

Edward Hawke, Baron Hawke. See entry in the printed Captain Cook Encyclopaedia for more information.

Hervey. See Bristol.

Hillsborough. See Downshire.

Francis Holburne(1704-15 July 1771) was a career naval officer. He was Commander of the British fleet that crossed to Louisbourg in 1757 but failed to capture the stronghold. Holburne was then Commander-in-chief at Plymouth from 1757 to 1765. He was promoted to Admiral of the Red (Rear in 1755, Vice in 1757 and Full in 1767). Holburne was a Lord Commisioner of the Admiralty from 1770 until 1771 when he became Governor of Greenwich Hospital. His will was proven on 26 July 1771. Prob. 11/969. DNB. Vol. 9, pp. 1006-1007. Holbourne (with an extra u) Island (19° 44'S, 148° 22'E) on the central Queensland coast was named after him.

Richard Howe, Earl Howe, (08 March 1726-05 August 1799) was a career naval officer who served with Hawke in 1759 at Quiberon Bay. From 1762 until 1765 he was a Lord Commisioner of the Admiralty. He then became Treasurer of the Navy until 1770. He was promoted to Admiral (Rear in 1770, Vice in 1775 and Full in 1782). He was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1783 until 1788 and was made Admiral of the Fleet in 1796. He was M.P. for Dartmouth from 1757 to 1782. He succeeded as Earl Howe (an Irish peerage) on 06 July 1758. He was created Viscount Howe on 20 April 1782 and Baron and Earl Howe on 19 April 1788. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1765 and became a Knight of the Garter in 1797. He died in 1799 and his will was proven on 20 August 1799. Prob. 11/1328. DNB. Vol. 10, pp. 92-101. Cape Howe (37° 30'S, 149° 59'E) at the southeastern point of Australia and Île Howe (48° 50'S, 69° 25'E) on the northern coast of Kerguelen Island were named after him.

Sir George Jackson (Duckett) (1725-1822) was born on 24 October 1725 in north Yorkshire. Jackson joined the Navy Office about 1743 and became secretary to the Navy Board in 1758. He moved to the Admiralty in 1766 where he became assistant secretary to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, under Philip Stephens. At the same time, he became judge-advocate of the fleet. He resigned as assistant secretary in 1782 but remained judge-advocate. Jackson served as an M.P. and was knighted in 1791. Jackson married twice. Firstly he married Mary Ward and they had three daughters. Secondly, he married Grace Goldstone, with whom he had a son. Jackson changed his name to Duckett in 1797, in agreement with the terms of the will of his wife's uncle. He died on 15 December 1822. He left a will (FRC 11/1664). There is a short biography in the DNB, Vol. 10, pp. 527-528. Cape Jackson (41° 00'S, 174° 19'E) in northern Te Wai Punamu, New Zealand and Port Jackson (33° 50'S, 151° 17'E) (the future site of Sydney) were named after him.

The Reverend, Sir Richard Kaye (11 Aug 1736-25 Dec 1809), a cleric and scientist, was the eldest son of Sir John Lister Kaye and his second wife, Dorothy. He succeeded as 6th baronet on 27 December 1789 after the death of his older half-brother. He was at various times rector at Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, rector of Marylebone, Prebend of Southwell, Archdeacon of Nottingham, Chaplain to King George III and Prebend and Dean of Lincoln. He was a friend of Joseph Banks and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Kaye was a patron of the artist Samuel Hieronymus Grimm and commissioned most of the artist's several thousand landscapes. The drawings and paintings were bequeathed to the British Museum after Kaye's death. Kaye married Mrs Mainwaring, a widow from Goltho in Lincolnshire. They had no children and he died on 25 December 1809. He was buried at Lincoln. On his death, the title became extinct. His will was proven on 06 April 1810. Prob. 11/1510. Cook named an island (59° 55'N, 144° 20'W) off the southern Alaska coast Kayes Island but it is now known as Kayak Island. A walk on the north side of St. Mary's Churchyard in Nottingham is now called Kaye's Walk after him.

Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel, (25 April 1725-02 October 1786) was a career naval officer who served in 1740 with Anson on the Centurion, in 1759 with Hawke at Quiberon Bay, and in 1761 with Pocock in the attack on Havana. He was promoted to Admiral (Rear in 1762, Vice in 1770, and Full in 1778). He was M.P. for Chichester from 1755 until 1761; for Windsor from 1761 until 1780; and for Surrey from 1780 until 1782. Keppel served as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty from 1765 to 1766 and was First Lord of the Admiralty from 1782 to 1783 and again in 1783. In 1779, Keppel led the British fleet in the naval battle with French off Brest that led to court-martials and legal actions with Hugh Palliser. He was created Viscount Keppel on 22 April 1782. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1782. He died in 1786 and his will was proven on 19 October 1786. Prob. 11/1146. DNB. Vol. 11, pp. 37-42. Keppel Island and Harbour (50° 38'N, 57° 20'W) on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland were named after him as were Keppel Bay (23° 25'S, 150° 55'E) and the Keppel Isles (23° 08'S, 150° 56'E) on the central Queensland coast.

William Petty, Lord Shelburne, Marquess of Lansdowne, (02 May 1737-07 May 1805) was a politician. He was M.P. for Wycombe from 1760 until 1761 before succeeding as Earl of Shelburne on 10 May 1761. He was President of the Board of Trade in1763 and was made Secretary of State for the Southern Department in 1766, retaining the post until 1768. Following a short spell as Foreign Secretary in 1782 he was Prime Minister from 1782 until 1783. He was created Marquess of Lansdowne on 06 December 1784. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1763 and became a Knight of the Garter in 1782. He died in 1805 and his will was proven on 29 July 1805. Prob. 11/1428. DNB. Vol. 15, pp. 1005-1012. Shelburne Bay (11° 53'S, 143° 01'E) on the northern Queensland coast was named after him.

Wilmot Vaughan, 4th Viscount Lisburne (09 January 1728-06 January 1800) was a politician. He succeeded on 19 January 1766 as the 4th Viscount and was created Earl of Lisburne on 18 July 1776. He served as M.P. for Cardiganshire from 1755 to 1761 and from 1768 until 1791. In between he served as M.P. for Berwick-upon-Tweed from 1765 to 1768. He was a Lord Commisioner of the Admiralty from 1770 until 1782. He married Elizabeth Nightingale in April 1763 and they had one daughter. Through his wife he acquired Mamhead House in Devon where he died in 1800. His will was proven on 04 March 1800. Prob. 11/1339. Cape Lisburne (68° 55'N, 166° 10'W) on the Alaskan shore of the Arctic Ocean and Cape Lisburne (15° 38'S, 166° 46'E) on the west coast of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, were named after him.

Neville Maskelyne. See entry in the printed Captain Cook Encyclopaedia for more information. The Maskelyne Islands (16° 32'S, 167° 50'E) in Vanuatu (New Hebrides) were named after him.

Montagu. see Sandwich.

James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, (1702-12 October 1768) was interested in science. He was on the Council of the Royal Society from 1763 and was the President from 1764 until his death. He played an active and central role in the preparations for an expedition to observe the Transit of Venus in 1769. He succeeded as 14th Earl of Morton on 04 January 1738. He died in 1768 and his will was proven on 21 April 1769. Prob. 11/947. Moreton Island (27° 11'S, 153° 24'E) and Cape Moreton (27° 02'S, 153° 28'E) (both with an extra e) on the southern Queensland coast, near Brisbane, were named after him.

Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave (30 May 1744-10 October 1792) was a career naval officer but also a scientist and politician. He was a close friend of Banks, a fellow member of Society of Dilettanti and a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1773, he Commanded the Racehorse on the expedition to the Arctic, north of Svalsbard (Nelson was on board the companion ship as a midshipman). He was M.P. for Lincoln from 1768 until 1774; for Huntingdon from 1776 until 1784; and for Newark from 1784 until 1790. Phipps succeeded as 2nd Baron Mulgrave (an Irish peerage) on 13 September 1775 and was created Baron Mulgrave (a British peerage) on 07 July 1790. Mulgrave was appointed as a Lord Commisioner of the Admiralty in 1777. He was Postmaster General from 1784 until 1789 and was appointed to the Privy Council in 1784. He died in 1792 and his will was proven on 10 November 1792. Prob. 11/1225. DNB. Vol. 15, pp. 1117-1118. The Mulgrave Hills (67° 40'N, 163° 30'W) in northwestern Alaska were named after him (His name was probably supplied later by Canon Douglas).

Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle (21 July 1693-17 November 1768) was a politician, who was Prime Minister on two occasions, firstly from 1754 until 1756 and later from 1757 to 1762. He had earlier been Lord Chamberlain from 1717 to 1724 and was later Lord Privy Seal from 1765 to 1766. He had been made Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1715. His will was proven on 21 November 1768. Prob. 11/943. DNB. Vol. 15, pp. 702-706. Newcastle Bay (10° 49'S, 142° 36'E) at the northern point of Queensland was named after him.

Sir Edward Newenham (14 May 1732-2 October 1814) was an Irish politician, who was M.P. for the County of Dublin from 1776 until 1797. Newenham was a conservative reactionary, who defended the Protestant constitution, supported the Act of Union and opposed Catholic relief. He advocated parliamentary reform and openly supported the cause of American independence from Britain. He corresponded regularly with Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. Newenham even built a small tower with an inscription in honour of Washington in 1778 at his home in Belcamp, near Dublin, when the War of American Independence had been in progress for several years. Newenham, who was an alderman for the City of Dublin, originally came from Coolmore in Cork. He married a daughter of Sir.Charles Burton, a Lord Mayor of Dublin, and they had 18 children. He was a friend of John Williamson, who, on Cook's third voyage had gone ashore on a cape in western Alaska to make observations. Cook allowed Williamson to name the cape and he did so after his friend, naming it Cape Newenham (58° 40'N, 162° W).

Mary, Duchess of Norfolk (1702 -27 May 1773) was the daughter of Edward Blount (of Blagdon) and Anne Guise. She married Edward Howard on 26 November 1727. He succeeded as 9th Duke of Norfolk on 23 December 1732 so she became Mary, Duchess of Norfolk. They had no children. She was described as a forceful woman and Henry Seymour Conway reported that when the Duke and Duchess were thinking of creating an ornamental lake: "The Duke does not know positively whether he shall do it or not, but the Duchess does and says 'My Lord Duke intends to do it very soon.' I fancy she is in the right." She was buried at Arundel Castle, the family home, in Sussex. Norfolk Island in the Tasman Sea, between New Zealand and Australia, was named after her.

Hugh Percy, Duke of Northumberland (1715-06 June 1786) became Earl of Northumberland in 1750 and Duke of Northumberland in 1766. DNB. Vol. 15, pp. 863-865. The Northumberland Isles (21° 45'S, 149° 48'E) off the central Queensland coast were named after him.

Norton. see Grantley.

Sir Hugh Palliser. See entry in the printed Captain Cook Encyclopaedia for more information. Cook named Cape Palliser (41° 37'S, 175° 16'E) on Te Ika a Maui, New Zealand, the Palliser Islands (15° 15'S, 146° 30'W) in the western Tuamotu Archipelago and Port Palliser (49° 10'S, 69° 35'W) on Kerguelen Island after his friend.

Henry Temple, Viscount Palmerston, (04 December 1739-16 April 1802) was a Lord Commisioner of the Admiralty from 1766 until 1767. He was M.P. for East Looe from 1762 until 1768; for Hastings from 1774 until 1784; for Boroughbridge from 1784 until 1790; and for Winchester from 1796 until 1802. He succeeded as 2nd Baron Temple of Mount Temple and 2nd Viscount Palmerston on 10 June 1757. He died in 1802 and his will was proven on 10 May 1802. Prob. 11/1375. DNB. Vol. 19, pp. 495-496. Cape Palmerston (21° 32'S, 149° 29'E) on the central Queensland coast and Temple Bay (12° 16'S, 143° 09'E) on the northern Queensland coast were named after him. Palmerston Atoll (18° 02'S, 163° 10'W) in the Cook Islands was also named after him.

Sir George Pocock (06 March 1706-03 April 1792) was a career naval officer. He was promoted Admiral (Rear in 1755, Vice in 1756 and Full in 1761). He was knighted in 1761 and, in 1762, he led the successful attack on Havana. Rich from the prizes gained at Havana, Pocock resigned and retired in 1766. His will was proven on 17 April 1792. Prob. 11/1217. DNB. Vol. 16, pp. 1-3. The northern point of the Bay of Islands in New Zealand was named Point Pococke (with extra e) after him but it has reverted to the Maori name, Cape Wiwicki.

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham (13 May 1730-01 July 1782) was a politician. He was educated at Westminster School and Cambridge University. He was Prime Minister on two occasions, firstly from 1765 to 1766 and secondly in 1782 until his death, He succeeded as Marquis of Rockingham in 1750. His will was proven on 05 June 1784. Prob. 11/1118. DNB. Vol. 20, pp. 959-962. Rockingham Bay (18° 08'S, 146° 02'E) on the central Queensland coast was named after him.

George Brydges Rodney, Baron Rodney (13 February 1719-23 May 1792) was a career naval officer. He was promoted Admiral (Rear in 1759, Vice in 1762 and Full in 1778). He was M.P. for Saltash from 1751 until 1754; for Okehampton from 1759 until 1761; for Penrhyn from 1761 until 1768 for Northampton from 1768 until 1774; and for Westminster from 1780 until 1782. He was knighted in 1764 and created Baron Rodney on 19 June 1782. From 1765 until 1770 he served as Governor of Greenwich Hospital. He died in 1792 and his will was proven on 04 March 1802. Prob. 11/1372. DNB. Vol. 17, pp. 81-87. Cape Rodney (64° 40'N, 166° 30'W) on the southern side of the Seward Peninsula in northwestern Alaska and Cape Rodney (36° 17'S, 174° 49'E) in northern Te Ika a Maui, New Zealand were named after him.

John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. See entry in the printed Captain Cook Encyclopaedia for more information. Cape Sandwich (18° 14'S, 146° 18'E) on the central Queensland coast. Montague Island (60° N, 147° 30'W) and Montague Strait (60° 10'N, 147° 40'W) in southern Alaska. Cook even named features after Montagu's country house near Huntingdon. Cape Hinchinbrook (60° 14'N, 146° 40'W) and Hinchinbrook Island (60° 20'N, 146° 30'W) in southern Alaska.

Sir Charles Saunders (1713-07 December 1775) was a career naval officer. He was one of Anson's officers in 1740 on the Centurion. From 1755 until 1756 he was Comptroller of the Navy and was knighted in 1761. In 1759 he was Commander-in-chief of the St. Lawrence fleet that attacked Quebec. In this position, he had Cook appointed as master of HMS Northumberland in 1759 and assisted in getting Cook's first charts published. He was made a Lord Commisioner of the Admiralty in 1762 and served briefly as First Lord of the Admiralty in 1766. He was promoted Admiral (Rear in 1756, Vice in 1759 and Full in 1770). His will was proven on 14 Dec. 1775. Prob. 11/1014. DNB. Vol. 17, pp. 808-810. Point Saunders (15° 28'S, 145° 15'E) lies across the Endeavour River from Cooktown in northern Queensland. Cape Saunders (45° 53'S, 170° 44'E) in southeastern Te Wai Punamu, New Zealand, Cape Saunders (54° 07'S, 36° 37'W) on the northern coast of South Georgia, Saunders Island (Cape Saunders) (57° 48'S, 26° 28'W) in the South Sandwich Islands and Port Saunders (50° 39'N, 57° 18'W) on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland were also named after him.

Shelburne see Lamdsdowne.

Reverend Anthony Shepherd (1721-15 June 1796) was born in Kendal, Westmoreland and graduated from Cambridge University in 1743. He took holy orders and held a long succession of livings from 1745. He became interested in astronomy and studied the subject extensively, being elected Plumian Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge in 1760. Shepherd also became a Fellow of the Royal Society. He became Canon of Windsor in 1777 and also held the position of Master of Mechanics to King George III. Shepherd was a friend of Charles Burney, the musicologist, whose daughter Fanny described him as "prodigiously tall and stout" and "dullness itself". Cambridge University has a portrait of Shepherd by Vanderpuyl. His will was proven on 23 June 1796. Prob. 11/1276. DNB. Vol. 18, p. 52. The Shepherd Islands (16° 55'S, 168° 35'E) in Vanuatu (New Hebrides) were named after him.

Sir Thomas Slade (? -1771) was from 1755 until 1771 the Surveyor of the Navy. He designed HMS Victory, Nelson's ship at Trafalgar and most of the Royal Navy's 74-gun ships and frigates.. His will was proven on 19 March 1771. Prob. 11/965. Slade Point (21° 04'S, 149° 14'E) on the central Queensland coast was named after him.

Sir Philip Stephens. See entry in the printed Captain Cook Encyclopaedia for more information about him. Stephens Island (41° 42'S, 174° E) and Cape Stephens(41° 43'S, 173° 57'E) near the northern tip of South Island, New Zealand, and Port Stephens (32° 45'S, 152° 30'E) on the central New South Wales Coast were named after him.

James Stuart (1713-02 February 1788) was an architect, archaeologist, and painter. He was born in London in poor circumstances. Showing an ability to draw, Stuart began painting scenes on fans for Lewis Groupy. Stuart visited Rome in 1741, then accompanied Nicholas Revett on an archaeological expedition to Naples in 1748. In 1750, on behalf of the Society of Dilettanti, of which they became members, they went to Greece to produce drawings of as many of the ancient monuments as possible, particularly those of the Acropolis. They published their findings in The Antiquities of Athens, the first volume of which appeared in 1762 and precipitated the rediscovery of Greece. Stuart and Revett were responsible for the Greek Revival style or "Grecian gusto", and Stuart became known as 'Athenian Stuart". The second volume appeared posthumously in 1789 and the last volume in 1794. He married twice and was survived by his second wife, Elizabeth. A son, James, became a naval officer. Stuart was a friend of Joseph Banks and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Stuart Island (63° 30'N, 162° 30'W) in Alaska at the southwestern corner of Norton Sound was named after him. (His name was probably supplied later by Canon Douglas).

Captain Maurice Suckling (14 May 1726-14 July 1778) was a career naval officer and Horatio Nelson's uncle. Suckling was born in Basham, Suffolk, the son of the Reverend Maurice Suckling and his wife, Mary. The Reverend also held the office of Prebendary of Westminster. The younger Maurice married Mary Walpole, a niece of Sir Robert Walpole on 25 June 1764 though Mary Suckling died only two years later on 15 June 1766. There were no children. Maurice Suckling had a younger sister, Catherine, born in 1733, who married the Reverend Edmund Nelson on 11 May 1749. They had two sons and a daughter, the younger son being Admiral Horatio Nelson, born 29 September 1758. Catherine Nelson died on 26 December 1767. Maurice Suckling became a captain in 1755 and from 1775 until his death he was Comptroller of the Navy. He made a name for himself in the Seven Years War. While in command of the 60 gun Dreadnought, along with the Augusta and Edinburgh, he bore down on the enemy, finally defeating them after an action that lasted more than two hours. The action took place off Cape François in Haiti in the West Indies in 1757 on 21 October, the same date as his nephew Horatio fought the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. In 1770, Suckling was in command of the 3rd rate 64 gun Raisonnable at Chatham when he was joined by his nephew, Horatio Nelson. The ship had been commissioned in case of war with Spain over the Falkland Islands. War was avoided and Suckling and Nelson transferred to the Triumph, 74 guns, then stationed as a guard-ship in the Thames. His will was proven on 28 July 1778. Prob. 11/1044. DNB. Vol. 19, p. 146. Cape Suckling (59° 59'N, 143° 53'W) on the southeastern coast of Alaska, near Kayak Island, was named after him. The National Portrait Gallery has a portrait by Thomas Bardwell, painted in 1764.

Temple. See Palmerston.

Townshend See Bayning.

George Augustus Frederick, the Prince of Wales. (12 August 1762-1830) was the first son of George III and succeeded as George IV in 1820. He was also Duke of Cornwall. Cape Prince of Wales (65° 40'N, 168° 08'W), the westernmost point of the American continent in Alaska and Prince of Wales Foreland (22° 21'S, 166° 48'E) at the southern end of New Caledonia were named after him. Prince of Wales Island (10° 41'S, 142° 09'E) off Cape York at the northern point of Queensland and Cape Cornwall (10° 46'S, 142° 11'E) on Prince of Wales Island were also named after him.

Samuel Wallis See entry in the printed Captain Cook Encyclopaedia for more information.

Weymouth See Bath.

Edward Augustus, Duke of York (25 March 1739-17 September 1767) was the second son of Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, and grandson of George II. Cape York (10° 41'S, 142° 32'E), the northernmost point of Queensland and the York Isles (10° 36'S, 143° 39'E), a few kilometres off the cape to the northeast, were named after him.

Saints and other religious events commemorated.

Saint Barnabas. Barnabas was an Apostle, though not one of the twelve. He came from Cyprus. His Saint's day is on 11 June.

Saint Bede, the Venerable. (c673-735). Bede was an Anglo-Saxon theologian, scholar and historian. He lived as a monk at Jarrow Monastery from 682. He wrote the Ecclesiastical History of the English people. His Saint's day is on 25 or 27 May.

Saint Gregory of Nyssa. Gregory was a theologian and Bishop of Nyssa. He died in 395. His Saint's day is on 09 March

Saint Perpetua. Perpetua, a young married woman with a baby, was one of six Christian martyrs killed at Carthage in 203. Her Saint's day is on 07 March

Christmas. 25 December. Day celebrating the birth of Christ.

Invention of the Cross. The Feast of the Invention, or finding, of the Cross celebrates St. Helena, the mother of Constantine, finding the true Cross of Christ in Jerusalem in 325. The feast is celebrated on 03 May.

New Year. 01 January.

Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Whit Sunday and the 9th Sunday after the first full moon after the northern spring equinox.

Whit Sunday. Whitsun is the British name for Pentecost. Whit Sunday is the 8th Sunday after the first full moon after the northern spring equinox.

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