Great Britain’s choice for Erskine’s successor made it clear that London was in no hurry to patch things up. Francis James “Copenhagen” Jackson had gained his nickname in 1807, while serving as England’s special envoy to Denmark, when he masterminded the burning of the Danish capital, which killed two hundred civilians, to seize that country’s coveted fleet. After kissing his monarch’s knuckles, Jackson sailed in the frigate l’Africaine to the United States. Several American towns burned him in effigy.
