Talk:Frederick Thesiger (naval officer)

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Did you know... that Frederick Thesiger was an aide-de-camp to Admiral Rodney at the Battle of the Saintes (pictured)?

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The result was: promoted by Coolperson177 (talk) 17:53, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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The Battle of the Saints (1782) by Thomas Luny

... that Frederick Thesiger was aide-de-camp to Admiral Rodney at the Battle of the Saintes (pictured)?
Source: Edward Irving Carlyle, "Thesiger, Frederick (d. 1805)" in Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 56 (1898) at WikiSource
- Reviewed: Dendrodoa grossularia

Created by Moonraker (talk). Self-nominated at 07:49, 27 December 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Moonraker, these Thesigers certainly get about! Review: article created 27 December; exceeds minimum length and is well written; image is in article, free and appropriately licensed; sources cited inline throughout and are reliable; I found no issue with overly close paraphrasing from the sources (though they are all public domain anyway); hook is not the most exciting, but probably passes the bar for interestingness as Rodney is a well known figure; hook is mentioned in article and checks out to source cited; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks fine to me. One comment (that I will not hold up approval over) is that you state in the article: "appointed as aide-de-camp to Rodney on the eve of the Battle of the Saintes" while the source gives: "on the eve of the action with the French on 12 April ... he was appointed aide-de-camp to Rodney". Our article states the Battle of the Saintes lasted from 9 to 12 April so should the article read: "on the eve of the last day of the Battle of the Saintes"?? - Dumelow (talk) 09:45, 27 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Dumelow. I wonder if we may be dealing with “Send three and fourpence” here? But failing any better source it’s a fair point and I’ll make that correction. Thesiger did get noted for risking his life with some dispatches at the Battle of Copenhagen, but I can’t now find the source for that, I may be able to add it later. Moonraker (talk) 09:57, 27 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To Prep 2. — Coolperson177 (t|c) 17:53, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]