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Admiral of the Fleet The Hon. Sir Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot KCB (12 December 1818 – 21 May 1895) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he was involved in the bombardment of Acre during the Egyptian–Ottoman War. During the Second Opium War Eliott led a unit of 300 sailors and marines which successfully breached the walls of Canton and then led another unit which destroyed 23 Chinese war-junks in the estuary South of the city. After that, he led a small squadron of British ships which pursued a fleet of 41 Chinese war-junks at the Battle of Escape Creek: his squadron chased the war-junks upriver and then, once the British ships were grounded as the river narrowed, they chased them in the ships' boats until all the war-junks had been overhauled. He also took part in the larger action, under Commodore Henry Keppel, involving around 100 war-junks at the Battle of Fatshan Creek. Elliot went on to be Commander-in-Chief, South East Coast of America Station, then Commander-in-Chief, The Nore and finally Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth. ==Early career== Born the son of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto and Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (née Brydone), Elliot joined the Royal Navy in May 1832.〔Heathcote, p. 71〕 Promoted to lieutenant on 27 June 1938, he was appointed to the second-rate HMS ''Rodney'' in August 1838.〔 He transferred to the sixth-rate HMS ''Talbot'' in the Mediterranean Fleet in October 1838.〔 Promoted to commander on 16 July 1840, he became commanding officer of the sloop HMS ''Hazard'' in July 1840 and was involved in the bombardment of Acre in November 1840 during the Egyptian–Ottoman War.〔 Promoted to captain on 16 August 1841, he went on to be commanding officer of the sixth-rate HMS ''Spartan'' on the North America and West Indies Station in August 1841 and commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS ''Sybille'' on the East Indies and China Station in May 1853.〔 Elliott became commodore on the East Indies and China Station, with his broad pennant in the screw gunboat HMS ''Haughty'', in January 1855.〔 In October 1856 a small unit of Chinese soldiers boarded the British-flagged lorcha ''Arrow'' and kidnapped twelve of the crew so initiating the Second Opium War. The British Consul, Harry Parkes, demanded return of the men, an apology and assurances of respect for the British flag. The crew were released but without any apology or assurances.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Second Anglo-Chinese War ("Opium war") of 1856 - 1860 )〕 In response the Commander-in-Chief on the East Indies and China Station, Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, decided to enter Canton.〔 In late October 1856, Eliott led a unit of 300 sailors and marines which successfully breached the walls of the city and then, in early November 1856, he led another unit which destroyed 23 Chinese war-junks in the estuary South of Canton.〔 After that, in May 1857, he led a small squadron of British ships which pursued a fleet of 41 Chinese war-junks at the Battle of Escape Creek: his squadron chased the war-junks upriver and then, once the British ships were grounded as the river narrowed, they chased them in the ships' boats until all the war-junks had been overhauled.〔 Elliot also took part in the larger action, under Commodore Henry Keppel, involving around 100 war-junks at the Battle of Fatshan Creek in June 1857.〔 He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 12 September 1857. Elliott went on to be commanding officer of the third-rate HMS ''Cressy'' in the Mediterranean Fleet in April 1859 and commanding officer of the second-rate HMS ''St Jean d'Acre'' in the Mediterranean Fleet in September 1860.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Charles Elliot )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Elliot (Royal Navy officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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