James Gambier, Baron Gambier

(1756-1833)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Gambier, James Gambier, Baron, 1756-1833 NRA: Gambier James (1756-1833) 1st Baron Gambier Admiral DNB: Gambier, James, Baron Gambier (1756-1833), naval officer and evangelical activist LBT ID: LdGambi1 VIAF ID: 3254462 LOC ID: n85388153	B/BAP: 1756-10-13 DIED: 1833-04-19
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English admiral; he served in the American war of independence and led the fleet at the bombardment of Copenhagen; he was later the first president of the Church Missionary Society.
REFERENCES TO James Gambier, Baron Gambier: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter V. Found 1: ¶ 56