John Wesley Wright

(1769-1805)

NAME AUTHORITIES: DNB: Wright, John Wesley (1769–1805), naval officer LBT ID: JoWrigh1805	B/BAP: 1769-06-14 DIED: 1805-10-27
SOURCES: DNB
Captain of the brig Vincejo; captured by the French, he was accused of spying and died in prison under dubious circumstances.
REFERENCES TO John Wesley Wright: Robert Southey to John Rickman, 10 July 1815 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 2 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XIX. 1814-1815 Charles Macfarlane, Reminiscences of a Literary Life (London: John Murray, 1917) SIR SIDNEY SMITH Found 1: ¶ 13