Frederick Lewis Maitland


Frederick Lewis Maitland
Captain Frederick Lewis Maitland (1815)
Born7 September 1777
Rankeilour, Fife
Died30 November 1839(1839-11-30) (aged 62)
Aboard HMS Wellesley, off Bombay, India
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankRear-Admiral of the Red
Commands heldHM hired cutter Penelope
HMS Cameleon
HMS Dragon
HMS Carrère
HMS Loire
HMS Emerald
HMS Goliath
HMS Boyne
HMS Bellerophon
HMS Vengeur
HMS Genoa
HMS Wellesley
East Indies and China Station
Battles/warsGlorious First of June
Battle of the Basque Roads
AwardsCB
KCB
RelationsFrederick Lewis Maitland (father)

Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland KCB (7 September 1777 – 30 November 1839) was an officer in the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He rose to the rank of rear admiral and held a number of commands. The most famous event of his career occurred when Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered to him aboard HMS Bellerophon, marking the final end of the Napoleonic Wars.


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