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Clotworthy Upton (1768–1822) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was the illegitimate son of Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown. Upton joined the service at the age of eleven, as a captain's servant aboard HMS Alexander. Despite passing his lieutenant's examination in 1790, he could not obtain a position in the Royal Navy and sought employment in the merchant fleet in 1791. Upton returned to military service in January 1801, when he was appointed Master and Commander of . It was in her that Upton fought at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801.

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  • Clotworthy Upton (1768–1822) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was the illegitimate son of Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown. Upton joined the service at the age of eleven, as a captain's servant aboard HMS Alexander. Despite passing his lieutenant's examination in 1790, he could not obtain a position in the Royal Navy and sought employment in the merchant fleet in 1791. Upton returned to military service in January 1801, when he was appointed Master and Commander of . It was in her that Upton fought at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. (en)
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  • Clotworthy Upton (1768–1822) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was the illegitimate son of Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown. Upton joined the service at the age of eleven, as a captain's servant aboard HMS Alexander. Despite passing his lieutenant's examination in 1790, he could not obtain a position in the Royal Navy and sought employment in the merchant fleet in 1791. Upton returned to military service in January 1801, when he was appointed Master and Commander of . It was in her that Upton fought at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. During the Peace of Amiens, Upton was promoted to Post Captain and in December 1804, following the restoration of war with France in May 1803, was given command of HMS Lapwing. In 1807, he took part in the second battle of Copenhagen, aboard HMS Sybille, which he commanded until 1813. He then commissioned HMS Junon for the war in North America. In 1818, Upton was appointed commissioner of the Royal Navy dockyard in Trincomalee. He died on the way home in 1822, having fallen ill, and was buried at sea. (en)
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