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John Montagu – First Lord of the Admiralty during the Gaspee affair, Montagu was the British government's senior adviser on all naval affairs. He was in Boston when the Gaspee attack took place, but traveled to Rhode Island briefly during the investigation. Montagu was also the 4th Earl of Sandwich; his requests for simple, portable meals ...
Lt. William Dudingston Lt. William Dudingston, 35, Captain of the Gaspee, whose arrogance and rough enforcement of trade restrictions caused the colonists to demand autonomy and independence. Dudingston seized the sloop Fortune, assaulted the captain, and sold the ship and its cargo of rum. @GaspeeCaptn John Brown John Brown, 36, a leading Providence merchant whose… Read More »The Characters
HMS Gaspee and her hated commander, Lt. William Dudingston, were sent by King George III to Rhode Island waters in March of 1772 to enforce the maritime trade laws and prevent smuggling. They made no friends amongst the colonists in harassing shipping and delaying, often unjustly, ships that had properly passed custom inspection in Newport.
Information about persons other than the raiders is found at our page "Cast of Characters", That page has the information about some other persons, both in Rhode Island and elsewhere, who did not actually participate in the raid but are noteworthy in telling the full Gaspee story and how it relates to the American Revolution.
The sermon protested England's reaction in the Gaspee case and argued that England and America were separate legal jurisdictions. This idea became revolutionary doctrine during the war after 1775. Hopkins, Stephen.Stephen Hopkins was a great grandson of Captain John Whipple, and hence Stephen was a relation of Gaspee Raider Abraham Whipple.
HMS Gaspee captured and burned. The Gaspee affair was a significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolution. HMS Gaspee was a Royal Navy customs schooner that enforced the Navigation Acts around Newport, Rhode Island, in 1772. [1] It ran aground in shallow water while chasing the packet boat Hannah on June 9 off of Warwick, Rhode Island ...
