His father was a commander in the Royal Navy and his maternal grandfather was Captain Samuel Goodere who had been hanged for fratricide.
He obtained a master's degree from the same college in 1789 and in 1792 first revealed his artistic skills in A History of Sudeley Castle.
The crew were ravaged by yellow fever but managed to get the French to surrender at Fort St. Charles in Guadeloupe in the following year.
[3] His landscapes of Egypt, Palestine, Greece, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar were posthumously published.
[4] In 1801 he married Elizabeth Rebecca Snell, and by 1806 had an income of 1,000 pounds, being appointed to the rectories of Kingston and of Stourmouth (at least partially due to Earl St Vincent).