St Leonard.Bengeo Herts
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Gules a chevron between three crescents ermine(Gosselin), in pretence: Gules on a chevron or three cross crosslets sable(Hadsley).
Crest: A blackamoor`s head in profile proper, wreathed at the temples with ribbons argent and gules tied behind the head, and a gold erring pendant from the ear lobe.
Mantling: Gules and argent.
Motto: Resurgam.
For Admiral Thomas Le Marchant Gosselin, of Bengeo Hall, Senior Admiral of the Red.
Died: 27 Nov 1857, aged 92.
Gosselin, Thomas Le Marchant (1765–1857), naval officer, was born at St Peter Port, Guernsey, on 7 May 1765, the second son of Colonel Joshua Gosselin (1739–1813), of the North regiment of militia, of St Peter Port, and his wife, Martha, daughter of Thomas Le Marchant of Guernsey. He entered the navy in 1778 on the Actaeon, with Captain Boteler, whom he followed to the Ardent, and was captured with her off Plymouth by the combined fleets of France and Spain on 16 August 1779. Having been appointed to the Barfleur, flagship of Sir Samuel (afterwards Lord) Hood, in October 1780, he was present in all the major actions in North America and the West Indies, notably the battle of the Saintes off Dominica on 12 April 1782. He was promoted lieutenant in 1787.
On 23 April 1793, while serving with Commodore Cornwallis in the Crown, on the East India station, Gosselin was promoted to command the brig Dispatch. He was moved into the sloop Kingfisher in March 1794, and in her was present at Lord Howe's victory in the north Atlantic on 1 June, and assisted in the capture of a small French convoy off Belleisle. In July 1794 he was posted into the Brunswick. He was appointed to the Diamond (38 guns) in 1795, and later moved to the Syren (32 guns), which he commanded during the operations on the coast of France under Sir Richard John Strachan. In March 1798 he went in charge of a convoy to Jamaica, and in August 1799 he assisted in the capture of Surinam. During the summer of 1804 he commanded the Ville de Paris (110 guns), as flag captain to Admiral Cornwallis, and in 1805, in the frigate Latona, he commanded the inshore squadron off Brest. In February 1806 he was appointed to the Audacious (74 guns), a ship in the squadron under Sir Richard Strachan, and afterwards, in 1807, one of the Channel Fleet. In 1808, with Sir Harry Burrard and his staff on board, he convoyed a large force of troops to the River Tagus in the Peninsula; and in January 1809 he covered the embarkation of the army at Corunna, a service for which he received the thanks of both houses of parliament. On 18 March 1809 he married Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah Rayment Hadsley of Ware Priory, Hertfordshire. They had children. He had no further service afloat, but he became rear-admiral on 4 June 1814, vice-admiral on 27 May 1825, and admiral on 23 November 1841. Gosselin died at his residence in Jersey on 27 November 1857, and was buried at Bengeo church, Hertfordshire.
Gosselin was a professional officer of real ability whose career came to a premature end; whether this was because of ill health or his marriage to an heiress remains uncertain.
St Leonard.Bengeo Herts
All black background.
Gules a chevron between three crescents ermine(Gosselin), in pretence: Gules on a chevron or three cross crosslets sable(Hadsley).
Crest: A blackamoor`s head in profile proper, wreathed at the temples with ribbons argent and gules tied behind the head, and a gold erring pendant from the ear lobe.
Mantling: Gules and argent.
Motto: Resurgam.
For Admiral Thomas Le Marchant Gosselin, of Bengeo Hall, Senior Admiral of the Red.
Died: 27 Nov 1857, aged 92.
Gosselin, Thomas Le Marchant (1765–1857), naval officer, was born at St Peter Port, Guernsey, on 7 May 1765, the second son of Colonel Joshua Gosselin (1739–1813), of the North regiment of militia, of St Peter Port, and his wife, Martha, daughter of Thomas Le Marchant of Guernsey. He entered the navy in 1778 on the Actaeon, with Captain Boteler, whom he followed to the Ardent, and was captured with her off Plymouth by the combined fleets of France and Spain on 16 August 1779. Having been appointed to the Barfleur, flagship of Sir Samuel (afterwards Lord) Hood, in October 1780, he was present in all the major actions in North America and the West Indies, notably the battle of the Saintes off Dominica on 12 April 1782. He was promoted lieutenant in 1787.
On 23 April 1793, while serving with Commodore Cornwallis in the Crown, on the East India station, Gosselin was promoted to command the brig Dispatch. He was moved into the sloop Kingfisher in March 1794, and in her was present at Lord Howe's victory in the north Atlantic on 1 June, and assisted in the capture of a small French convoy off Belleisle. In July 1794 he was posted into the Brunswick. He was appointed to the Diamond (38 guns) in 1795, and later moved to the Syren (32 guns), which he commanded during the operations on the coast of France under Sir Richard John Strachan. In March 1798 he went in charge of a convoy to Jamaica, and in August 1799 he assisted in the capture of Surinam. During the summer of 1804 he commanded the Ville de Paris (110 guns), as flag captain to Admiral Cornwallis, and in 1805, in the frigate Latona, he commanded the inshore squadron off Brest. In February 1806 he was appointed to the Audacious (74 guns), a ship in the squadron under Sir Richard Strachan, and afterwards, in 1807, one of the Channel Fleet. In 1808, with Sir Harry Burrard and his staff on board, he convoyed a large force of troops to the River Tagus in the Peninsula; and in January 1809 he covered the embarkation of the army at Corunna, a service for which he received the thanks of both houses of parliament. On 18 March 1809 he married Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah Rayment Hadsley of Ware Priory, Hertfordshire. They had children. He had no further service afloat, but he became rear-admiral on 4 June 1814, vice-admiral on 27 May 1825, and admiral on 23 November 1841. Gosselin died at his residence in Jersey on 27 November 1857, and was buried at Bengeo church, Hertfordshire.
Gosselin was a professional officer of real ability whose career came to a premature end; whether this was because of ill health or his marriage to an heiress remains uncertain.