George Stewart , 8th Earl of Galloway Admiral George Stewart , 8th Earl of Galloway ( 24 March 1768 – 27 March 1834 ) , styled Lord Garlies between 1773 and 1806 , was a British naval commander and politician . Background . Garlies was the eldest son of John Stewart , 7th Earl of Galloway , and Anne , daughter of Sir James Dashwood , 2nd Baronet , and attended Westminster School before embarking on a career in the Royal Navy . Military career . Garlies entered into the navy at an early age , serving as a 13 - year old midshipman under the command of his uncle , Commodore Keith Stewart at the Battle of Dogger Bank in August 1781 , and also in the Great Siege of Gibraltar in 1782 . In 1789 he was promoted to lieutenant , serving in the frigate in the Mediterranean . He returned to England in early 1790 , when appointed commander of the fire ship . He was promoted to post - captain on 30 April 1793 , and soon after was appointed to the frigate , serving in the West Indies , and being wounded while covering the landing of the army at Guadaloupe in April 1794 , and was then sent with detachments of troops to accept the surrender of the islands of Marie - Galante and La Désirade . In 1795 he took command of the frigate , and took Sir John Jervis out from England to assume command in the Mediterranean , and serving there until the Battle of Cape St Vincent in February 1797 . After the battle " Lively " carried Sir Robert Calder , with the account of the victory , and Lord Minto , Viceroy of Corsica , and his suite , who were on board during the battle , back to England . Around November 1799 Garlies commissioned the frigate , and commanded her in the Channel and on the coast of Ireland until early 1801 , making several captures and recaptures : In early 1801 Garlies moved into the , to serve on the blockade of Brest , remaining there until the Treaty of Amiens in early 1802 brought a short - lived period of peace . Following the renewal of hostilities in May 1803 he commanded the ship , and sat on the Board of Admiralty in between May 1805 and February 1806 . Galloway saw no further active service , but was promoted to Rear - Admiral on 31 July 1810 ; to Vice Admiral on 12 August 1819 ; and to Admiral on 22 July 1830 . Political career . Apart from his military career Garlies also sat as a Member of Parliament . He was first elected in 1790 for the constituency of Saltash , and served until vacating his seat in favour of his brother William in February 1795 . He returned to Parliament when elected MP for Cockermouth on 22 July 1805 , and then sat for Haslemere after the 1806 election , but was shortly after obliged to quit his seat following the death of his father on 13 November , when he became the Earl of Galloway , and moved to the House of Lords . He served as Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright from 26 December 1794 to 1807 , and from 1820 to 1828 , and of Wigtownshire from 28 March 1807 to 1828 . On 30 May 1814 he was invested as a member of the Order of the Thistle . He also served as Vice - President of Board of Agriculture in 1815 . Family . In April 1797 he married Lady Jane Paget , the daughter of Henry Paget , 1st Earl of Uxbridge , and sister of Henry Paget , 1st Marquess of Anglesey . They had eight children :