George Bettesworth

Posted by Peter Dyson on Wednesday 26th of May 2021 12:01

I am researching those buried in the churchyard of St Saviour, Jersey. They include George Bettesworth Commander RN died October 1838 aged 63. Is he related to the above and can anyone help me with his CV? Thank you

Posted by Brian Stephens on Friday 11th of April 2014 02:35

George Bettesworth - Captain, who was killed near Bergen, in Norway, in an engagement with some Danish gun-boats, had often distinguished himself by his gallant conduct on former occasions; particularly on the 4th of February, 1804, while lieutenant of the Centaur with Sir Samuel Hood. In conjunction with Lieutenant R. c. Reynolds, of the same ship, he boarded and cut out from under Fort Edward,Martinique, Le Curieuii, of 16 guns. In this enterprise Lieutenant Reynolds was killed, and his gallant companion so dreadfully cut and shot in various parts, that his recovery was, for some time, extremely doubtful. For this achievement, he was promoted to the rank of commander, and to the command of the vessel he had so gallantly captured.’ He remained in the West Indies, capturing the enemy’s cruisers, until the arrival of Lord Nelson in quest of the Toulon fleet, He was the officer who, when commander of the Curieux brig, brought the dispatches from Lord Nelson, when in pursuit of the combined fleet in the West Indies, in 1805, on which occasion he was promoted to the rank of post captain.