Matthew Buckle

Promoted to captain on 29 May 1745,[1] Buckle was given command of the third-rate HMS Russell on promotion and took part in the capture of the Spanish ship Glorioso on 8 October 1747.[1] He went on to take command of the fourth-rate HMS Assistance in 1749, the sixth-rate HMS Unicorn in 1753 and the third-rate HMS Swiftsure in 1756.[2] After that he was given command of the third-rate HMS Invincible later in 1756, the first-rate HMS Royal George in 1757 and the second-rate HMS Namur in 1758.[2] In Namur he took part in the Battle of Lagos in August 1759, the Battle of Quiberon Bay in November 1759 and the action of 17 July 1761[3] and the attack on Havana in June 1762.[2]

Promoted to rear-admiral on 18 October 1770, Buckle became second-in-command at Spithead in 1770.[1] Promoted to vice-admiral on 31 March 1775, he became commander-in-chief the Downs in 1778[1] before being promoted to full admiral on 26 September 1780.[2]

• Clowes, William Laird (1997) [1900]. The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, Volume III. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-012-4.