Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I

CHAPTER I.

Genealogy of the family of Saumarez.--Curious Record.--Branches of the late family.--Marriage of the late Lord de Saumarez.

Admiral the Right Honourable James Lord de Saumarez, of Guernsey, was born, on the 11th March 1757, in the parish of St. Peter-Port, the principal town of that romantic island. The family, whose original name was _De Sausmarez_, is of Norman ex...