FitzRoy Henry Lee

Vice-Admiral Fitzroy Henry Lee (2 January 1699 – 14 April 1750) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as Commodore Governor of the Colony of Newfoundland.

Lee supposedly inspired the character "Hawser Trunnion" in Tobias Smollett's novel, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle.

Lee became captain of HMS Falkland in 1734 and was commissioned Governor of Newfoundland in May 1735.

[2] Around 1746, the Navy relieved Lee of command, based on charges of debauchery and drunkenness.

However, in October 1747, when Lee arrived back in England, the Navy reinstated his promotion, effective 15 July 1747.