14 Facts About Peter Puget

Peter Puget was an officer in the Royal Navy, best known for his exploration of Puget Sound, which is named for him.

Peter Puget's father, John, was a successful merchant and banker, but died in 1767, leaving Puget's mother, Esther, with two sons and three daughters.

In 1778, twelve-year-old Peter Puget entered the navy as a midshipman and served on the following ships:.

Peter Puget was given command of Chatham when her first captain, Broughton, was sent with dispatches back to England with instructions to request further clarified orders from Admiralty as regarded the Crown's position on territorial negotiations with the Spanish.

Peter Puget assisted Vancouver in negotiations with the Spanish at Nootka Sound.

Once home, Peter Puget was confirmed in the rank of Commander.

Peter Puget then bribed the French captain and brought his command home.

In 1797, Peter Puget was given command of the sloop-of-war HMS Raven and joined the fleet of Sir John Jervis.

Jervis put him in charge of the San Nicholas, a Spanish ship-of-the-line, still crewed by Spaniards; Peter Puget suppressed a mutiny and delivered the crew to Lisbon.

In 1807, Peter Puget played a decisive role at the Second Battle of Copenhagen.

Peter Puget led an inshore squadron of shallow-draft vessels to disable the Danish gunboats and to cover the army's seaward flank in a manoeuvre similar to Nelson's action in the First Battle of Copenhagen.

Thereafter, Peter Puget settled into family life, living in Bath for reasons of health.

Peter Puget was gazetted a Companion of the Bath in 1818 and, according to the rules of seniority, he was commissioned Rear-Admiral of the Blue on 19 July 1821.

Hannah Puget never remarried, died on 14 September 1849, and is buried next to Peter, in the churchyard of Woolley, near Bath.