[1] With the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793 Hamilton was assigned to command the 74-gun third rate HMS Canada.

[2] In November 1794 the Canada and the Alexander, the latter under Captain Richard Rodney Bligh, had been assigned to escort a convoy from England to Cape St Vincent.

While the two warships were returning they were spotted by a French squadron under Joseph-Marie Nielly, consisting of five 74 gun ships of the line, three large frigates and a brig.

Bligh eventually turned and engaged the French, allowing Hamilton aboard the Canada to escape.

[7] Admiral Charles Powell Hamilton died at Fir Hill, near Droxford, Hampshire on 12 March 1825, at the age of 77.