caption serviceyears branch commands death_date death_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
george heneage lawrence dundas 1800 -- 1834 23px royal navy cameleon quebec '' hms '' euryalus '' hms '' edinburgh '' 1795 6 hms '' calpe '' hms '' 07 october 1834 upleatham , north yorkshire united kingdom united kingdom companion of the order of the bath french of the sixth coalition revolutionary wars war of the fifth coalition war 08 september 1778 rear admiral gdundas.jpg george heneage lawrence dundas
 george heneage lawrence dundas
george heneage lawrence dundas

rear admiral george heneage lawrence dundas cb -lrb- 8 september 1778 -- 7 october 1834 -rrb- was a senior officer in the royal navy .
as a junior officer he came to prominence due to his brave conduct during a fire on the first-rate hms `` queen charlotte '' .
as a result of this he was appointed to the command of the sixth-rate hms `` calpe '' in which he took part in the battle of algeciras bay in july 1801 during the french revolutionary wars .
after serving for four years as whig member of parliament for richmond , he was given command of the fifth-rate hms `` euryalus '' and took part in the unsuccessful walcheren campaign in july 1809 during the napoleonic wars .
he transferred to the third-rate hms `` edinburgh '' and landed troops at viareggio in italy in november 1812 later in that war .
he went on to be member of parliament for orkney and shetland and became first naval lord in the first melbourne ministry in august 1834 but died in office just two months later in october 1834 .
