Lord Ramage


Nicholas, Lord Ramage is a fictional character, the protagonist of a series of sea novels written by Dudley Pope. Ramage was an officer in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. He is a contemporary of Horatio Hornblower, but unlike the latter, who never fought in a large fleet battle, Ramage participated in both the Battle of Cape St. Vincent and the Battle of Trafalgar.

Early life

This section contains information on Ramage's life before the commencement of the Lord Ramage Novels. For information after this period, see the respective summaries of the books.

Nicholas Ramage was born in 1775 at Blazey Hall in Cornwall, the eldest son of the Earl of Blazey. Nicholas' father was a Vice-Admiral who was court martialled and Nicholas is burdened by this legacy. Ramage's mother was fond of traveling and took Ramage to Tuscany to live in 1777, when his father departed to assume naval command in North America. They returned to England for his father's court martial in 1782 and because of the notoriety surrounding his father's court martial returned to Tuscany in 1783 where Ramage remained until he joined the navy in 1788 at age 13. Despite his father's disgrace, Ramage retained significant patrons within the navy enabling him to be promoted to lieutenant at age 20, the earliest age possible.

Commands

Novels Featured in

  1. Ramage
  2. Ramage and the Drumbeat
  3. Ramage and the Freebooters
  4. Governor Ramage R.N.
  5. Ramage's Prize
  6. Ramage and the Guillotine
  7. Ramage's Diamond HMS Diamond Rock
  8. Ramage's Mutiny
  9. Ramage and the Rebels
  10. The Ramage Touch
  11. Ramage's Signal
  12. Ramage and the Renegades
  13. Ramage's Devil
  14. Ramage's Trial
  15. Ramage's Challenge
  16. Ramage at Trafalgar
  17. Ramage and the Saracens
  18. Ramage and the Dido