The campaign's naval commander had served from the Seven Years' War through the Revolutionary and Napoleonic era, giving Britain unusually experienced leadership in the Indian Ocean. Rainier's career also produced an estate valued at about £250,000, illustrating the rewards available through senior imperial naval service. With no children, he divided most of it between nephews and directed ten percent toward reducing the national debt. His will credited the Royal Navy and the nation for a fortune he believed exceeded his personal merit. Mount Rainier was named for him, linking an Indian Ocean admiral to the geography of the Pacific Northwest.
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Peter Rainier's career, fortune, and namesake mountain
Rainier's long Indian Ocean command produced a large fortune, part of which he left to the national debt, and gave Mount Rainier its name.