The Hon George Cadogan: A career in courts martial, 1804 - 1809

[anteros_lmc]

Better late than never! As promised some time ago, here's a copy of the presentation that nodbear and I gave at the New Researchers in Maritime History Conference.

Comments

[joyful_molly]

Excellent! Thanks so much for sharing; I knew you two would do a stellar job. Have you considered doing a podcast? :-D

[anteros_lmc]

Awww thank you m'dear! It hadn't occurred to us to do a podcast, even though we rehearsed the damn thing often enough! Sadly we live at opposite ends of the country so we can't oblige you any time soon, next time we get together though we could try doing a recording :)

[nodbear]

Thanks to ANteros for posting this - I don' think we had thought of recording it but it might be possible

at the event I read the text and ANteros read the quotations managing to be in the person of George,Ned, Jane Austen et al therefore !

Thank you Molly

[esteven]

Wonderful! You did a stirling job, and if only some of those who listened will now remember the name of George Cadogan, that would be a good reward. :D

I had so been waiting for it. Thank you so much for posting it. Would there be a chance to have this as a file?

[nodbear]

Glad that you have seen it now and we do indeed hope one ot two people may have some little idea about George Cadogan now !

[esteven]

I am sure you will have given people a more balanced impression of the man.

[anteros_lmc]

Thank you! I hope we've managed to counter some of the more lurid allegations levelled against poor George.

Would there be a chance to have this as a file?
Of course! :)

[rikibeth]

I feel for him. I haven't often been in a supervisory position but I did once have to fire a subordinate, and it was in no small part for obstinate and insubordinate behavior, and it was ROUGH.

Thank you for putting this up!

[nodbear]

Certainly it is never easy to deal with someone so rebellious and detemine - which is what those 12 captains will have heard as they heard the evidence I am sure

[stevie_carroll]

An excellent account there.

[anteros_lmc]

Thank you m'dear. It was great fun to do!

[eglantine_br]

I don't know how I missed commenting on this. Sorry it took me so long. Poor George Cadogan. He really had a hard time. I am not a bit surprised his health broke down. He seems to have not had the experience of the 'happy ship' since perhaps the Indy.

I think the really impressive thing, to me at least, is the serious way that the law was treated. The captain had a great deal of power on his ship, but he had was answerable for his actions. Even years later he might be expected to defend the choices he made.

I know you guys are pressed for time, but if you ever felt like making a podcast it would be a treat.

I am so impressed with this. This is what I always thought history was for-- shining a little penlight backwards, through the dark, as it were, and seeing someone you feel you could know.

[anteros_lmc]

Awww thank you for your lovely comment :)

Poor George did indeed have a tough time. He always did his duty though and answered every court martial. He may not have been a gifted captain like Pellew but I really do believe he was trying to do his best. I don't think he was deliberately cruel or tyrannical but I do think he struggled with command. Badcock on the other hand seemed bent on self destruction.

I hope we've managed to shine a little light on a very real and complex man. We both felt strongly that his story deserves to be told.