Pulteney Malcolm

Sir Pulteney Malcolm
Sir Pulteney Malcolm
Born(1768-02-20)20 February 1768
Douglan, Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Died20 July 1838(1838-07-20) (aged 70)
East Lodge, Enfield, London
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1778–1834
RankAdmiral
Battles / warsAmerican Revolutionary War
French Revolutionary Wars
War of 1812
Napoleonic Wars
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
RelationsSir Charles Malcolm (brother)
Sir James Malcolm (brother)
Sir John Malcolm (brother)

Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm GCB GCMG (20 February 1768 – 20 July 1838) was a British naval officer. He was born at Douglan, near Langholm, Scotland, on 20 February 1768, the third son of George Malcolm of Burnfoot, Langholm, in Dumfriesshire, a sheep farmer, and his wife Margaret, the sister of Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley. His brothers were Sir James Malcolm,[1] Sir John Malcolm, and Sir Charles Malcolm.

  1. ^ JSTOR:Obituary Notice of the Late Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm, President of the Ethnological Society | Richard Cull | Journal of the Ethnological Society of London (1848–1856), Vol.3 (1854) pp 112-114 | 1854 | Royal Anthropological Society of Great Britain and Ireland [1]