In 1790 he took command of HMS Sheerness and in 1796 became flag captain of HMS Venerable under Admiral Adam Duncan and was heavily engaged at the Battle of Camperdown the following year.
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A. W. H. Pearsall, "Sir William George Fairfax" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004)
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