Personnel Profile
George Downie
Naval officer
George Downie served in a role connected with the Royal Navy during war of 1812 era. This career belongs to the broader professional and institutional history of Britain’s maritime world.
He is associated with command in north american waters. This formed part of the way maritime service operated through discipline, knowledge, administration, exploration, or specialist expertise.
He is significant because this biography helps widen the personnel record beyond the most familiar names. George Downie belongs to the broader human history of British naval and maritime service.