He was at the same time made Earl of Medina and Viscount Alderney, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
"Medina" was an older name for Newport which has been preserved in the River Medina.
He also proposed a policy for the suppression of the Apaches, and he recommended removing the presidio La Bahía to the River Medina to see the Apaches in the area.
Mississippi River | River Thames | Amazon River | Columbia River | Hudson River | Colorado River | Potomac River | river | Ohio River | Medina | Missouri River | Delaware River | Murray River | River Tyne | Madeira River | Volga River | River Nene | River Clyde | River Trent | River Severn | Amur River | River Wear | Allegheny River | Red River | Dnieper River | Yarra River | Paraná River | River Tees | Fraser River | Yangtze River |
The central part drains into the Solent (directly or via via Southampton Water), through the Lymington River, Test, Itchen, Meon, Hamble, Western Yar, Medina and Eastern Yar.
The route initially follows the River Medina, now a small stream, across the main road at Blackwater.