Daniel Oliver Guion
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Daniel Oliver Guion was an officer of the Royal Navy
. He was the son of Daniel Guion (d. 1780), a http://www.henrycort.net/07navagt.htm Navy Agent and Merchant who had lived for some years in 34 Crutched Ffriars
opposite to the Office of the Royal Navy
and Ann (Harwood) who would be Matron
of the Royal London Hospital
1790-1797, and brother of Captain Gardiner Henry Guion
.
The Guion family were Huguenot
s and probably related to the family de Guyon de Geis from France. Another Huguenot
branch of this family is still living in England and a famous member of this family is Richard Debaufre Guyon
, general in Hungarian and Turkish service.
on 18 April 1794, to commander on 22 May 1796 and to captain
on 21 May 1802.
on 2 March 1801. They began disembarking on the 8th. Daniel Guion was one of the five commanders put on shore under Sir Sidney Smith in charge of a battalion of 1000 seamen to co-operate with the army. Along with the other captains who had served in Egypt he was awarded a Turkish gold medal by the Grand Signior.
In 1802 he was promoted to post-captain
and appointed to the 50-gun http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Univ Dir of GB/RN Ships A-Z.html HMS Trusty 1782 another troopship.
In February 1811 he was appointed to the St George
as flag-captain to Vice-Admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds
, commanding a detachment of the Baltic
fleet at Hanö
where merchantmen from Swedish, Finnish, Russian and Prussian ports with cargoes for England assembled to join their convoy. The last convoy of the year, 129 merchantmen, left on 1 November, but were forced back and finally left on the 9th. The convoy was dispersed by a gale on the 15th. St George narrowly escaped being wrecked on a shoal off Zealand but lost her masts and rudder. She was floated again on the 17th and Admiral Saumarez
wanted the ship to winter in Sweden but both Reynolds, and Guion said she was as fit to make the passage as any in the fleet. On Tuesday 17 December the whole fleet sailed from Vingå
with the St George initially in tow of the Cressy
.
With jury masts and a temporary rudder she was making fair progress when the wind backed and made the coast of Jutland
a lee shore
. She was unable to work off and was wrecked before the coast of http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Thorsminde+Strand,+D%C3%A4nemark&hl=de&ie=UTF8&sll=56.026785,8.301544&sspn=0.283172,0.862427&vpsrc=0&hnear=Die+Nordsee+bei+Thorsminde&t=m&z=15 Thorsminde, 3 miles from Ringkøbing
, Danmark on 24 December 1811, with the loss of all but seven of the 738 on board .
(1792-1873) in 1809 while he was cruising off Ireland near the Ponsonby's home. He fell in love with Miss Sally, as she was called, who was a beautiful girl, but was called on account of her frightful temper the beautiful http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fiend fiend. They were married in her father's library (against her parent's desire who nevertheless consented) and she went off with him directly. She was however disowned by her father after she left with Daniel. .
She is the daughter of William Carrique Ponsonby (d. Bef 1837) and Elizabeth Gun (d. 09 Jun 1812), Cork who lived in Crotto or http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.3688807,-9.6173522(Crotto,+Kerry,+Ireland+-+Sara+Ponsonby+Married++1809)&hl=en&ll=52.365747,-9.612179&spn=0.038678,0.107803&oe=ISO-8859-1&om=1&t=m&vpsrc=0&layer=c&cbll=52.36917,-9.619176&panoid=MhPXmhMCz8g7f9FfUTm Sw&cbp=12,262.99,,0,-15.25&z=14 Crotta House not far from Tralee. Ann Ponsonby, another daughter of this couple, was obviously the only member of the family who kept contact with Sara. She married George Lloyd and their son George Ponsonby Lloyd is the only member of the family who is mentioned in Sara's last will.
In her Last Will Sara also mentions the widow of General Richard Guyon
who is probably related to her late husband.
John Frederick Guyon born 21 Nov. 1807, brother of General Richard Guyon, entered the Navy, 11 Feb. 1823, as Fst.cl. Vol., on board the Tribune commanded by Capt. Gardiner Henry Guion.
A famous namesake is Sarah Ponsonby, one of the ladies of Llangollen.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
. He was the son of Daniel Guion (d. 1780), a http://www.henrycort.net/07navagt.htm Navy Agent and Merchant who had lived for some years in 34 Crutched Ffriars
Crutched Friars
The Crutched Friars or Crossed Friars were a Roman Catholic religious order of Augustinian canons who went to England in the 13th century from Italy, where they existed for some time, and where they were called Fratres Cruciferi.-History:...
opposite to the Office of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
and Ann (Harwood) who would be Matron
Matron
Matron is the job title of a very senior nurse in several countries, including the United Kingdom, its former colonies, including the Republic of Ireland, although the title Clinical Nurse Manager has become acceptable as an alternative.-History:...
of the Royal London Hospital
Royal London Hospital
The Royal London Hospital was founded in September 1740 and was originally named The London Infirmary. The name changed to The London Hospital in 1748 and then to The Royal London Hospital on its 250th anniversary in 1990. The first patients were treated at a house in Featherstone Street,...
1790-1797, and brother of Captain Gardiner Henry Guion
Gardiner Henry Guion
Captain Gardiner Henry Guion Gardiner Henry Guion was the son of Daniel Guion , a [] and Merchant who had lived for some years in 34 Crutched Ffriars opposite to the Office of the Royal Navy and Ann , who would be Matron of the Royal London Hospital 1790-1797, and brother of Daniel Oliver Guion,...
.
The Guion family were Huguenot
Huguenot
The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...
s and probably related to the family de Guyon de Geis from France. Another Huguenot
Huguenot
The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...
branch of this family is still living in England and a famous member of this family is Richard Debaufre Guyon
Richard Debaufre Guyon
Richard Debaufre Guyon , British soldier, general in the Hungarian revolutionary army and Turkish pasha , was born at Walcot, near Bath, Somerset....
, general in Hungarian and Turkish service.
Appointments
Guion was appointed lieutenantLieutenant
A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
on 18 April 1794, to commander on 22 May 1796 and to captain
Captain (Royal Navy)
Captain is a senior officer rank of the Royal Navy. It ranks above Commander and below Commodore and has a NATO ranking code of OF-5. The rank is equivalent to a Colonel in the British Army or Royal Marines and to a Group Captain in the Royal Air Force. The rank of Group Captain is based on the...
on 21 May 1802.
Biographical notes
In 1801 Commander Guion was captain of Eurus, a 32-gun frigate, armed "en flute", with most of her guns removed, one of the 28 troop ships in Admiral Lord Keith`s fleet which carried 16,500 soldiers to Aboukir BayAbu Qir Bay
The Abū Qīr Bay is a spacious bay on the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt, lying between Abu Qir and the Rosetta mouth of the Nile. It contains a natural gas field, discovered in the 1970s.On August 1, 1798, Horatio Nelson fought the Battle of the Nile, often referred to as the "Battle of Aboukir Bay"...
on 2 March 1801. They began disembarking on the 8th. Daniel Guion was one of the five commanders put on shore under Sir Sidney Smith in charge of a battalion of 1000 seamen to co-operate with the army. Along with the other captains who had served in Egypt he was awarded a Turkish gold medal by the Grand Signior.
In 1802 he was promoted to post-captain
Post-Captain
Post-captain is an obsolete alternative form of the rank of captain in the Royal Navy.The term served to distinguish those who were captains by rank from:...
and appointed to the 50-gun http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pbtyc/Univ Dir of GB/RN Ships A-Z.html HMS Trusty 1782 another troopship.
In February 1811 he was appointed to the St George
HMS St George (1785)
HMS St George was a 98-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 14 October 1785 at Portsmouth. In 1793 she captured one of the richest prizes ever. She then participated in the Naval Battle of Hyères Islands in 1795 and took part in the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801...
as flag-captain to Vice-Admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds
Robert Carthew Reynolds
Rear-Admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds was a long serving and widely respected officer of the British Royal Navy who served in four separate major wars in a 52 year career...
, commanding a detachment of the Baltic
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is a brackish mediterranean sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 20°E to 26°E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, the Great Belt and...
fleet at Hanö
Hanö
Hanö is an island off Listerlandet peninsula, western Blekinge, Sweden.Between 1810 and 1812 the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom used the island as its base during its operations in the Baltic Sea. The "English Seamans Graveyard" is situated on the island, and still today British warships visit...
where merchantmen from Swedish, Finnish, Russian and Prussian ports with cargoes for England assembled to join their convoy. The last convoy of the year, 129 merchantmen, left on 1 November, but were forced back and finally left on the 9th. The convoy was dispersed by a gale on the 15th. St George narrowly escaped being wrecked on a shoal off Zealand but lost her masts and rudder. She was floated again on the 17th and Admiral Saumarez
James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez
Admiral James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez , GCB was an admiral of the British Royal Navy, notable for his victory at the Battle of Algeciras.-Early life:...
wanted the ship to winter in Sweden but both Reynolds, and Guion said she was as fit to make the passage as any in the fleet. On Tuesday 17 December the whole fleet sailed from Vingå
Vinga Lighthouse
Vinga Lighthouse , is a Swedish lighthouse on Vinga island built in 1890. But Vinga has been an important island for sea travelers for a long time. The lighthouse in use now is the third one on the island...
with the St George initially in tow of the Cressy
HMS Cressy (1810)
HMS Cressy was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 7 March 1810 at Frindsbury.-Service:On 24 December 1811 Cressy was off the west coast of Jutland, Denmark was in the company of St George, under Rear-admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds, and Defence, when a hurricane and...
.
With jury masts and a temporary rudder she was making fair progress when the wind backed and made the coast of Jutland
Jutland
Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...
a lee shore
Lee shore
The terms lee shore and windweather or ward shore are nautical terms used to describe a stretch of shoreline. A lee shore is one that is to the lee side of a vessel - meaning the wind is blowing towards it. A weather shore has the wind blowing from inland over it out to sea...
. She was unable to work off and was wrecked before the coast of http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Thorsminde+Strand,+D%C3%A4nemark&hl=de&ie=UTF8&sll=56.026785,8.301544&sspn=0.283172,0.862427&vpsrc=0&hnear=Die+Nordsee+bei+Thorsminde&t=m&z=15 Thorsminde, 3 miles from Ringkøbing
Ringkøbing
Ringkøbing is a town in Ringkøbing-Skjern municipality in Region Midtjylland on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The town has a population of 9,742 .-History:...
, Danmark on 24 December 1811, with the loss of all but seven of the 738 on board .
Family
Daniel met Sara PonsonbyPonsonby
Ponsonby is a surname which may refer to:*Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede was a British politician, writer, and social activist...
(1792-1873) in 1809 while he was cruising off Ireland near the Ponsonby's home. He fell in love with Miss Sally, as she was called, who was a beautiful girl, but was called on account of her frightful temper the beautiful http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fiend fiend. They were married in her father's library (against her parent's desire who nevertheless consented) and she went off with him directly. She was however disowned by her father after she left with Daniel. .
She is the daughter of William Carrique Ponsonby (d. Bef 1837) and Elizabeth Gun (d. 09 Jun 1812), Cork who lived in Crotto or http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.3688807,-9.6173522(Crotto,+Kerry,+Ireland+-+Sara+Ponsonby+Married++1809)&hl=en&ll=52.365747,-9.612179&spn=0.038678,0.107803&oe=ISO-8859-1&om=1&t=m&vpsrc=0&layer=c&cbll=52.36917,-9.619176&panoid=MhPXmhMCz8g7f9FfUTm Sw&cbp=12,262.99,,0,-15.25&z=14 Crotta House not far from Tralee. Ann Ponsonby, another daughter of this couple, was obviously the only member of the family who kept contact with Sara. She married George Lloyd and their son George Ponsonby Lloyd is the only member of the family who is mentioned in Sara's last will.
In her Last Will Sara also mentions the widow of General Richard Guyon
Richard Debaufre Guyon
Richard Debaufre Guyon , British soldier, general in the Hungarian revolutionary army and Turkish pasha , was born at Walcot, near Bath, Somerset....
who is probably related to her late husband.
John Frederick Guyon born 21 Nov. 1807, brother of General Richard Guyon, entered the Navy, 11 Feb. 1823, as Fst.cl. Vol., on board the Tribune commanded by Capt. Gardiner Henry Guion.
A famous namesake is Sarah Ponsonby, one of the ladies of Llangollen.