Article Nº 0772 Military or naval figure Vol. I · p. 465
Canning (W. P.)
British naval officer commanding the frigate Alligator, which sheltered Governor Valdez and other constitutionalists when Miguelist troops took Madeira in 1828; he drowned on the island that year.
Commander of the English frigate Alligator, on which Governor Valdez and other constitutionalists took refuge when Miguelist troops seized Madeira in 1828. He drowned in the tank (irrigation reservoir) of a quinta (country estate) belonging to an English merchant, on the afternoon of 24 September 1828.
People mentioned
- W. P. Canning d. 1828
- Valdez
Places mentioned
Chronology
- A Miguelist expedition under Colonel José António de Azevedo Lemos landed at Machico and occupied Madeira, proclaiming absolutism; Governor Valdez and liberal leaders took refuge aboard the British frigate Alligator.
- Commander W. P. Canning of the Alligator drowned in the tank of an English merchant's quinta near Funchal.