Tuesday 24th May 2022: The Newcastle upon Tyne Trinity House: 7.30pm
We find ourselves back for the first post-lockdown talk on home soil, as Society Member George Cansino relates the life and times of Admiral James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez, a contemporary of Collingwood and Nelson and another officer of the Georgian era with a rich, extensive and interesting naval record. An impressive and extensive list of actions dotted his career, but he was a man who spoke his mind, something that did not necessarily make him friends in high places…..
