James Haldane Tait
Rear-Admiral James Haldane Tait (1771–1845) was a 19th-century Scottish naval commander during the Napoleonic Wars and through the early 19th century. Life He was born in Glasgow the son of William Tait, a merchant in the Trongate. His mother Margaret Duncan was the sister of Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, Admiral Adam Duncan. He joined the Royal Navy in March 1783 aged 12 as captain's servant on . He also saw service on his uncle's ship . On both ships they mainly remained in the Portsmouth area. From 1787 he joined the Navy of the East India Company but on the rise of military tensions between Britain and Spain he rejoined the Navy in September 1790. He was now a midshipman on HMS Defence (1763), HMS ''Defence'', an older and more battle-hardened ship than his earlier commissions. In October 1793 he transferred with the ship's captain, Captain G. Murray, to HMS Duke (1777), HMS ''Duke''. In April 1794, when Murray was promoted to rear-admiral, he followed him to and sa ...
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The 'Defence' At The Battle Of The First Of June, 1794
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ...
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