I think the 1790 reference is in Lt. Hornblower. The bit about Bush's age is somewhere in either Captain or Commodore or as an outside choice, Lord. How's THAT for narrowing it down. *snorts* And it's an offhand thought of HH about Bush being 10 years older than him.
And then it gets wacky when CSF did LtH and retooled Bush's age to bring him closer in line to HH who was supposed to be somewhere in his 20's (I believe 26) as he was born in 1776, and he was commissioned Lt in 1797 at around 21.
And see, 'started life as a midshipman', makes my theory total crack. No lower deck origins based on that. LtH forces you to make Bush younger than he was claimed to be later on the books.
It's basically a great big WTF sort of thing unless you make Bush old for the midshipman ranks or young for a Lieutenant coming up from the alternative track of master's mate. And based on all the other stuff that fits his personality and experience and background I've always leaned towards the master's mate route even if he was a tad younger than usual. But ya know .... *readjusts that tin foil hat*
The blacksmith family background? That's book canon in LtH.
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And then it gets wacky when CSF did LtH and retooled Bush's age to bring him closer in line to HH who was supposed to be somewhere in his 20's (I believe 26) as he was born in 1776, and he was commissioned Lt in 1797 at around 21.
And see, 'started life as a midshipman', makes my theory total crack. No lower deck origins based on that. LtH forces you to make Bush younger than he was claimed to be later on the books.
It's basically a great big WTF sort of thing unless you make Bush old for the midshipman ranks or young for a Lieutenant coming up from the alternative track of master's mate. And based on all the other stuff that fits his personality and experience and background I've always leaned towards the master's mate route even if he was a tad younger than usual. But ya know .... *readjusts that tin foil hat*
The blacksmith family background? That's book canon in LtH.
Lamour/Cochrane = Bush/HH *g*