Samuel Warren ( Royal Navy officer ) Sir Samuel Warren KCB , KCH ( 9 January 1769 – 15 October 1839 ) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence , and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars . Warren entered the navy towards the end of the American War of Independence , and after seeing service at several actions in European waters , served on a number of ships prior to the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars . A lieutenant by then , he was at the Glorious First of June and the Battle of Groix , before being promoted to his own commands . He was successful against French privateer s and merchants in the Caribbean , before being promoted to captain in 1802 . He saw action in command of a ship of the line at the Battle of Cape Finisterre in 1805 , before supporting operations off the Río de la Plata in 1806 and 1807 . Warren took command of in 1808 and served in the Baltic Sea , carrying out operations against Russian shipping . He then commanded a frigate , in which he was charged with transporting Lucien Bonaparte and his family to England . He then sailed to the East Indies and played an important role in the Invasion of Java in 1811 . He was made a Companion of the Bath at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 , and commanded several more ships , including the royal yacht . He also held a number of shore appointments , being knighted and made a Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order in 1835 . Promoted to rear - admiral in 1837 , he was made a Knight Commander of the Bath shortly before his death in 1839 . Family and early life . Samuel Warren was born in Sandwich , Kent , on 9 January 1769 . He entered the navy in January 1782 , serving as a midshipman aboard the 64 - gun under the command of Captain John Harvey , who was a relation of Warren ' s . Warren went out in " Sampson " with the fleet sent to relieve Gibraltar under Lord Howe , and later saw action at the Battle of Cape Spartel on 20 October 1782 . Warren later served aboard the 10 - gun cutter , the 32 - gun , the 74 - gun , the 98 - gun , and the 100 - gun . He was promoted to lieutenant on 3 November 1790 and appointed to the 44 - gun , followed by the 74 - gun . He was serving aboard the " Ramillies " , commanded by Captain Henry Harvey , soon after the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars . " Ramillies " formed part of Lord Howe ' s fleet during the Atlantic campaign of May 1794 , and Warren was involved in Howe ' s victory at the Glorious First of June that year . From the " Ramillies " Warren moved to the 100 - gun and was again in action against the French , when " Royal George " became the flagship of Admiral Lord Bridport , and took part in the Battle of Groix on 23 June 1795 . Command . Warren was promoted to commander on 1 March 1797 and appointed to the 18 - gun . He took her out to the West Indies and enjoyed considerable success against French warships , privateer s and merchant vessels over the three - year period of his command . He took the 6 - gun privateer " Sarazine " off Marie - Galante on 28 September 1797 , followed by the capture , with the assistance of , the 14 - gun brig " Triomphe " on 6 April 1798 . " Scourge " went on to capture the 2 - gun privateer " Chasseur " off Puerto Rico on 8 April 1798 , and destroyed another small privateer on 1 May 1798 . Before his departure from the Caribbean , Warren received the thanks of the House of Assembly of Tobago for his services , and sailed back to Britain to pay off " Scourge " . He arrived on 22 August 1800 , and in September the following year Warren was appointed to command the bomb vessel . " Vesuvius " was appointed to the squadron in the Channel under the command of Rear - Admiral Horatio Nelson , aboard . He paid her off after the signing of the Treaty of Amiens , and was promoted to post - captain on 29 April 1802 . Napoleonic Wars . Left without a ship during the peace , the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars provided further opportunities for Warren . He was asked by Rear - Admiral William Domett to be his flag captain , and commissioned the 98 - gun . Domett was unable to raise his flag due to ill - health , and instead " Glory " became the flagship of Rear - Admiral Sir Charles Stirling . Stirling retained Warren as his flag - captain , and " Glory " sailed in July 1805 to join the fleet amassing off Cape Finisterre under Vice - Admiral Robert Calder , with orders to intercept a Franco - Spanish fleet under Vice - Admiral Pierre - Charles Villeneuve . Calder successfully made the interception and Warren commanded " Glory " at the Battle of Cape Finisterre on 22 July 1805 . Warren left " Glory " in July the following year , still serving with Stirling and going out with him as a passenger aboard HMS " Sampson " to participate in operations off the Río de la Plata . On their arrival off Montevideo Stirling appointed Warren to command his flagship , the 64 - gun , and the navy operated in support of the assault on the city . Baltic service . On 8 June 1808 he superseded Captain Edward Rotheram in command of the 74 - gun . Warren was ordered to join the fleet in the North Sea , blockading the Dutch ports as part of Rear - Admiral Alan Gardner ' s squadron . By 1809 the strategic situation in the Baltic had deteriorated after Russia signed the Treaties of Tilsit and began to support France . " Bellerophon " was ordered to join the fleet stationed in the Baltic under Admiral Sir James Saumarez . Saumarez dispatched " Bellerophon " and north to the Gulf of Finland in June , and on 19 June the two ships came across three suspicious looking luggers , anchored off Hango . The water was too shallow to allow them to approach the luggers , so Warren dispatched a boat party . The British boarded the luggers , but found themselves in a trap , when numerous Russian shore batteries and several gunboats opened fire on them . The British commander promptly ordered the luggers to be burnt , reboarded his men and landed them next to the nearest Russian shore battery . The battery , defended by 100 sailors , was stormed and carried , the British spiked the guns and destroyed the magazine , before returning to the ships with only five men wounded . By July " Bellerophon " was part of a squadron commanded by Captain Thomas Byam Martin of . They were off Percola Point on 7 July when a flotilla of eight Russian gunboats was sighted . A boat party led by Lieutenant Hawkey of " Implacable " made an attempt to cut - out the vessels that evening . Hawkey was killed in the attempt , but " Bellerophon " s Lieutenant Charles Allen took over command , and six of the gunboats were captured , and a seventh destroyed , with 12 craft containing stores for the Russian Army also being taken . " Bellerophon " made several cruises during the rest of the year , visiting the Åland Islands and Karlskrona , before returning to Britain with a convoy in November 1809 . East Indies . After paying off " Bellerophon " Warren was appointed to command the 44 - gun HMS " President " in September 1810 . He was assigned to transport Lucien Bonaparte , Napoleon ' s brother , and his family from Malta to England , after which he sent to reinforce the British squadrons in the East Indies . He left for the Cape of Good Hope on 31 December 1810 , in company with the frigates and . After calling at the Cape , Warren pressed on to the East Indies , and became involved in the operations to capture Java between August and September 1811 . On 4 September he was sent into Cirebon to negotiate the surrender of the town to the British . The garrison agreed to surrender , with several important French and Dutch officers falling into British hands . After the surrender of the island to the British on 18 September by General Jan Willem Janssens , Warren accompanied the commander in chief , Vice - Admiral Robert Stopford , back to Britain . He was then appointed to the 74 - gun , and commanded her in the Mediterranean from June 1813 until the peace in 1814 . Later life . With the final end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 , Warren was nominated one of the first Companions of the Bath in the restructuring of the order . He took command of the 74 - gun in 1818 and was flag captain to Rear - Admiral Sir John Gore , moving to take over the 46 - gun in 1820 . Warren commanded her until paying off on 5 February 1824 . His services while in command of her included transporting Sir Benjamin Bloomfield , the ambassador to Stockholm , in mid - 1823 . Warren became resident agent of transports at Deptford in January 1830 , and commodore in the Thames in 1831 , commanding the yacht HMY " William and Mary " . He then became Captain Superintendent at Woolwich Dockyard until his promotion to rear - admiral on 10 January 1837 . He had been nominated a Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order on 3 August 1835 , and knighted at the same time . He was advanced to a Knight Commander of the Bath on 18 April 1839 . Rear - Admiral Sir Samuel Warren died at Southampton on 15 October 1839 . He had married in 1800 , and left behind a large family .