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] '''Maurice Suckling''' (4 May 1726 – 14 July 1778) was a ] officer and ] who was instrumental in the training of his nephew, ]. He sat in the ] from 1776 to 1778. ] '''Maurice Suckling''' (4 May 1726 – 14 July 1778), ] of the ], was instrumental in the training of his nephew the great Admiral ] (1758-1805). He served as a ] for ] from 1776 to 1778.


== Early life == ==Origins==
Maurice Suckling was born on 4 May 1726 at the rectory house in ]. He was the second of four children to the Reverend Maurice Shelton Suckling of Barsham, and Anne Suckling, a niece of ].<ref name =Syrett>Syrett 2013, p. 33</ref> His father died in 1730 and the family relocated to ]. At the age of thirteen Maurice left home for ] where on 25 November 1739 he enlisted as an ] aboard the elderly 54-gun warship {{HMS|Newcastle|1704|2}}.<ref name =Syrett/> Maurice was born on 4 May 1726 at ] Rectory in Suffolk, the second of the four children of Rev. Maurice Shelton Suckling (d.1730) of Barsham (a great grandson of the poet Sir ]) by his wife Mary Anne Turner (1691-1768), a daughter of ]<ref>http://www.thepeerage.com/p3830.htm#i38300</ref> by his wife Mary Walpole (1673-1701) a sister of ],<ref name =Syrett>Syrett 2013, p. 33</ref> the Prime Minister.


Maurice's sister ] (1725–95) was the wife of Rev. ] of Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk, and mother of the great Admiral ] (1758-1805). Maurice's nephew, ] Maurice William Suckling (1761–1820), also served under him with Horatio Nelson.
==Seven Years War==
⚫ {{Main article|Great Britain in the Seven Years War}}
⚫ Suckling was the commander of ] in action in the ] off ] on 21 October 1757.<ref name=nmm/>


==Career==
⚫ It was Suckling who was responsible for Nelson's early training.<ref name=nmm>{{cite web|url=http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/nelson/viewObject.cfm?ID=BHC3045|title=National Maritime Museum &#124; Captain Maurice Suckling|publisher=nmm.ac.uk|accessdate=2014-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609004730/http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/nelson/viewObject.cfm?ID=BHC3045|archive-date=9 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Young Nelson was entered on the books of the newly commissioned ], commanded by Suckling, and joined the crew several months later, in early 1771.<ref name=nmm/> Suckling was transferred to the ] ] and arranged for his nephew to sail to the ] in a ] merchantman, the ''Mary Ann'' captained by John Rathbone,<ref name=NArch>{{cite web|title=Joining the Royal Navy|url=https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nelson/gallery2/|website=Nelson, Trafalgar and those who served|publisher=National Archives|accessdate=28 July 2015}}</ref> gaining experience of seamanship and life at sea (he sailed from Medway, Kent, on 25 July 1771 sailing to Jamaica and Tobago, returning to Plymouth on 7 July 1772). Suckling also used his influence to have Nelson appointed to the {{HMS|Carcass|1759|2}} for a 1773 expedition in search of the ]. Suckling became ] <ref name=nmm/> in 1775 and was able to speed Nelson's career. He continued to use his influence on Nelson's behalf until his death in 1778.
His father died in 1730 and the family relocated to ]. At the age of thirteen Maurice left home for ] where on 25 November 1739 he enlisted as an ] aboard the elderly 54-gun warship {{HMS|Newcastle|1704|2}}.<ref name =Syrett/>


⚫ Suckling was the commander of ] in action in the ] off ] on 21 October 1757,<ref name=nmm/> during the
⚫ Suckling had a brief career in Parliament, presumably with Admiralty support. He was returned unopposed to represent ] on 18 May 1776, replacing ] who had been created ] and called to the ], but there is no record of Suckling having voted or spoken.<ref name = HoP>{{cite web |url =http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/suckling-maurice-1726-78|title= Suckling, Maurice (1726-78).|publisher= History of Parliament|accessdate = 15 August 2016}}</ref>
⚫ ].


⚫ It was Suckling who was responsible for the early training of his nephew Horatio Nelson.<ref name=nmm>{{cite web|url=http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/nelson/viewObject.cfm?ID=BHC3045|title=National Maritime Museum &#124; Captain Maurice Suckling|publisher=nmm.ac.uk|accessdate=2014-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609004730/http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/nelson/viewObject.cfm?ID=BHC3045|archive-date=9 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Young Nelson was entered on the books of the newly commissioned ], commanded by Suckling, and joined the crew several months later, in early 1771.<ref name=nmm/> Suckling was transferred to the ] ] and arranged for his nephew to sail to the ] in a ] merchantman, the ''Mary Ann'' captained by John Rathbone,<ref name=NArch>{{cite web|title=Joining the Royal Navy|url=https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nelson/gallery2/|website=Nelson, Trafalgar and those who served|publisher=National Archives|accessdate=28 July 2015}}</ref> gaining experience of seamanship and life at sea (he sailed from Medway, Kent, on 25 July 1771 sailing to Jamaica and Tobago, returning to Plymouth on 7 July 1772). Suckling also used his influence to have Nelson appointed to the {{HMS|Carcass|1759|2}} for a 1773 expedition in search of the ]. Suckling became ] <ref name=nmm/> in 1775 and was able to speed Nelson's career. He continued to use his influence on Nelson's behalf until his death in 1778.
==Family==
Captain Maurice Suckling's sister was ] (1725–95), wife of ]. Maurice and Catherine were the great-great grandchildren of the poet Sir ], and grandnephew and grandniece of the first British Prime Minister ].


⚫ Suckling had a brief career in Parliament, presumably with Admiralty support. He was returned unopposed to represent ] on 18 May 1776, replacing ] who had been created ] and called to the ], but there is no record of Suckling having voted or spoken.<ref name = HoP>{{cite web |url =http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1754-1790/member/suckling-maurice-1726-78|title= Suckling, Maurice (1726-78).|publisher= History of Parliament|accessdate = 15 August 2016}}</ref>
Suckling's nephew, ] Maurice William Suckling (1761–1820), also served with his uncle.


== Ancestry == == Ancestry ==

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British Naval officer
Maurice Suckling
Maurice Suckling, by Thomas Bardwell, 1764
Born4 May 1726
Barsham, Suffolk
DiedJuly 1778 (aged 52)
Allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
Service / branch Royal Navy
Years of service1739 - 1778
RankCaptain
Battles / warsSeven Years' War

Captain Maurice Suckling (4 May 1726 – 14 July 1778), Comptroller of the Royal Navy, was instrumental in the training of his nephew the great Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). He served as a Member of Parliament for Portsmouth from 1776 to 1778.

Origins

Maurice was born on 4 May 1726 at Barsham Rectory in Suffolk, the second of the four children of Rev. Maurice Shelton Suckling (d.1730) of Barsham (a great grandson of the poet Sir John Suckling) by his wife Mary Anne Turner (1691-1768), a daughter of Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet by his wife Mary Walpole (1673-1701) a sister of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, the Prime Minister.

Maurice's sister Catherine Suckling (1725–95) was the wife of Rev. Edmund Nelson of Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk, and mother of the great Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). Maurice's nephew, Lieutenant Maurice William Suckling (1761–1820), also served under him with Horatio Nelson.

Career

His father died in 1730 and the family relocated to Beccles. At the age of thirteen Maurice left home for Sheerness where on 25 November 1739 he enlisted as an ordinary seaman aboard the elderly 54-gun warship Newcastle.

Suckling was the commander of Dreadnought in action in the Battle of Cap-Français off Saint-Domingue on 21 October 1757, during the Seven Years War.

It was Suckling who was responsible for the early training of his nephew Horatio Nelson. Young Nelson was entered on the books of the newly commissioned Raisonnable, commanded by Suckling, and joined the crew several months later, in early 1771. Suckling was transferred to the Nore guardship and arranged for his nephew to sail to the West Indies in a Hibbert, Purrier and Horton merchantman, the Mary Ann captained by John Rathbone, gaining experience of seamanship and life at sea (he sailed from Medway, Kent, on 25 July 1771 sailing to Jamaica and Tobago, returning to Plymouth on 7 July 1772). Suckling also used his influence to have Nelson appointed to the Carcass for a 1773 expedition in search of the Northwest Passage. Suckling became Comptroller of the Navy in 1775 and was able to speed Nelson's career. He continued to use his influence on Nelson's behalf until his death in 1778.

Suckling had a brief career in Parliament, presumably with Admiralty support. He was returned unopposed to represent Portsmouth on 18 May 1776, replacing Sir Edward Hawke who had been created Baron Hawke and called to the House of Lords, but there is no record of Suckling having voted or spoken.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Maurice Suckling
16. Charles Suckling (d. 1644),
uncle of Sir John Suckling
8. Robert Suckling (d. 1690)
17. Mary Drury (d. 1621)
4. Robert Suckling (d. 1707)
18. Sir Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Bt.
9. Anne Wodehouse (d. 1653)
19. Hon. Blanche Carey (d. 1651),
daughter of John Carey, 3rd Baron Hunsdon
2. Rev. Maurice Suckling (1676-1730)
20. Henry Shelton (1577-1635),
grandson of Sir John Shelton (d. 1558)
10. Maurice Shelton (d. 1666)
21. Elizabeth Jermyn
5. Sarah Shelton (d. 1695)
22. Sir Robert Kemp, 1st Bt. (d. 1647)
11. Elizabeth Kemp (1632-?)
23. Jane Browne
1. Maurice Suckling
12. William Turner (d. 1678)
6. Sir Charles Turner, 1st Bt. (1666-1738)
13. Anne Spooner (1643-?)
3. Mary Turner (d. 1768)
28. Sir Edward Walpole (1621-1667)
14. Robert Walpole (1650–1700)
29. Susan Crane (1630-1667),
daughter of Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet and Susan Alington (daughter of Sir Giles Alington and Lady Dorothy Cecil)
7. Mary Walpole (1673-1701)
30. Sir Jeffrey Burwell (1606-1684)
15. Mary Burwell (1654-1711)
31. Elizabeth Derehaugh (1614-1677)

References

  1. Laughton, L.G.C.; Anderson, R.C.; Perrin, W.G.; Society for Nautical Research (London, England) (2002). The Mariner's Mirror. Vol. 88. Society for Nautical Research. ISSN 0025-3359. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. Mahan, A.T. (2011). The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. p. 21. ISBN 9781108026048. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  3. http://www.thepeerage.com/p3830.htm#i38300
  4. ^ Syrett 2013, p. 33
  5. ^ "National Maritime Museum | Captain Maurice Suckling". nmm.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  6. "Joining the Royal Navy". Nelson, Trafalgar and those who served. National Archives. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  7. "Suckling, Maurice (1726-78)". History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

Bibliography

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded bySir Edward Hawke
Peter Taylor 		Member of Parliament for Portsmouth
1776–1778
With: Peter Taylor 1776–1777
Sir William Gordon 1777–1778 		Succeeded byHon. Robert Monckton
Sir William Gordon
Military offices
Preceded bySir Hugh Palliser Comptroller of the Navy
1775–1778 		Succeeded byLord Barham

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