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Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet

1755–1824

Sir Albemarle Bertie was a British naval officer who served during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. His career included command responsibilities in imperial waters, linking naval warfare with Britain’s global strategy.

Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet died in Donnington. Bertie reached flag rank after a long Royal Navy career and held commands during the wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France; the baronetcy granted to him in 1812 recognised that service.

Patrick O’Brian’s The Mauritius Command reworks the 1810 campaign in which Sir Albemarle Bertie, commanding at the Cape, helped bring the naval resources required for the final conquest of Mauritius. O’Brian gives Jack Aubrey the fictional experience of commanding a difficult squadron through Réunion, Grand Port and the eventual invasion, while Bertie belongs to the real senior command structure behind the operation. His presence anchors Aubrey’s invented authority to the historical campaign that ended French possession of Isle de France.

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Historical novels and book series featuring Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet (1 series)

Aubrey–Maturin Novels in Order

by Patrick O’Brian 21 books 4.5(73,173)

The Aubrey–Maturin novels follow Royal Navy officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon, naturalist and intelligence agent Stephen Maturin from the wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France through the War of 1812 and the first years after Waterloo. Across twenty completed novels, their friendship links shipboard command, espionage, science, domestic…

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