by Richard Hiscocks | Nov 20, 2018
Edward Pelham Brenton 1774-1839. He was born on Rhode Island on 20 July 1774, the second son of Rear-Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton, and of his wife Henrietta Cowley. He was the younger brother of Vice-Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton, whilst a younger brother, James Wallace...
by Richard Hiscocks | Nov 20, 2018
Sir Christopher Cole 1770-1836. He was born on 10 June 1770 at Marazion, Cornwall, the sixth and youngest son of an attorney, Humphrey Cole, and of his wife, Phillis Maugham. He was the younger brother of Captain Francis Cole, who earned fame in the frigate...
by Richard Hiscocks | Nov 20, 2018
Daniel Woodriff 1756- 1842. He was born on 17 November 1756, the son of John Woodriff of Deptford, a shipwright and carpenter?s mate, and of his wife Mary. Woodriff first went to sea with his father at the tender age of three, suffering a shipwreck in the West Indies....
by Richard Hiscocks | Nov 9, 2018
John Bligh 1770-1831. Born in Guildford, Surrey in August 1770, he was the only son of Commander John Bligh and of his wife Elizabeth Titcher. He was the nephew of Admiral Sir Richard Rodney Bligh, and the grandson of Captain Richard Bligh. After an education at...
by Richard Hiscocks | Nov 9, 2018
Edward Oliver Osborn Died 1820. He was the son of Lieutenant William Osborn, who had served with Captain Hon. Samuel Barrington aboard the Achilles 60 during the Seven Years War, and he was the brother of Admiral Samuel Osborn and of Vice-Admiral John Osborn. Osborn...
by Richard Hiscocks | Nov 9, 2018
John Giffard 1766-1855. He was baptised at St. Paul s Parish Church, Covent Garden, London. Giffard entered the service on 25 April 1780 aboard the Canada 74, Captain Sir George Collier, serving in the Channel Fleet and at the relief of Gibraltar on 12 April 1781. On...
by Richard Hiscocks | Nov 1, 2018
Sir Richard King, 2nd Baronet 1774-1834. He was born at Maypowder, Dorset on 28 November 1774, the elder son of Admiral Sir Richard King and of his wife, Susannah Margaret Coker. He was the brother-in-law of Admiral Sir Charles Rowley. King first went to sea in 1789...
by Richard Hiscocks | Nov 1, 2018
William Butterfield 1767-1842. He was born in Durham, an elder son of Edward Butterfield and of his wife, Elizabeth Harrison. He was a relative on his mother?s side of the M.P. for Bodmin, William Masterman, who was a supporter of the government during the American...
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 14, 2018
John Hutt 1746-94. Hutt was commissioned lieutenant on 10 April 1773, seeing service aboard the Hind 24 and the Scarborough 20, both commanded by Captain James Chads, the latter of which vessels was employed in North America. He was with the brig St. Lucia in North...
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 14, 2018
Hon. Sir Robert Stopford 1768-1847. He was born on 5 February 1768, the third son of James Stopford, second Earl of Courtown, and of his wife Mary Powys, a niece of the Duke of Montagu. One of his brothers was Lieutenant-General Hon. Sir Edward Stopford. Stopford’s...
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 14, 2018
Hon. Robert Allaster Forbes c1766-95. He was the second of four sons of James, 16th Lord Forbes, and of his wife, Catherine Innes. His brother James, 17th Lord Forbes, achieved the rank of general in the Army, and his youngest brother, William, died as a lieutenant in...
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 11, 2018
Thomas Peyton 1757-1801. He was the fifth and youngest son of Admiral Joseph Peyton and of his wife Katherine Strut. His brothers were Rear-Admiral Joseph Peyton and Rear-Admiral John Peyton, and he was the uncle of Commodore Sir John Strutt Peyton. Thomas Peyton was...
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 11, 2018
James Colnett 1753-1806. He was born in Devonport, Plymouth, the elder son of James Colnett who originally came from London, and of his wife, Sarah Lang. Colnett joined the navy as a seaman in June 1770 aboard the sloop Hazard, Commander James Orrok, later removing to...
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 9, 2018
George Vancouver 1757-98. He was born of Dutch descent on 22 June 1757 at Kings Lynn, Norfolk, the sixth son of a customs official John Jasper Vancouver, and of his wife Bridget Berners. Vancouver entered the service as an able seaman aboard the Resolution, Captain...
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 9, 2018
George Tripp 1752-1830. He was the third son of John Tripp, a barrister and deputy-recorder of Taunton, Somerset and of his wife, Anne Upton.Tripp was commissioned lieutenant on 6 December 1776 and promoted commander on 11 October 1782, in which capacity he briefly...
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 8, 2018
Hon. Thomas Pitt, 2nd Lord Camelford 1775-1804. He was born at Boconnoc, Cornwall on 19 February 1775, the only son of Thomas Pitt, the nephew of the Earl of Chatham, who became a politician and the 1st Lord Camelford, and of his wife Anne Wilkinson. He was a distant...
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 8, 2018
Please see Hon. Thomas Pitt, 2nd Lord Camelford
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 8, 2018
Edward Riou 1762-1801. Born on 20 November 1762 at Mount Ephraim near Faversham in Kent, he came from modest origins, being the second son of Captain Etienne, anglicised to Stephen, Riou of the Grenadier Guards, and of his wife Dorothy Dawson. Riou?s initial service...
by Richard Hiscocks | Sep 25, 2018
Sir John Gore 1772-1836. He was born on 9 February 1772 at Kilkenny, Ireland, the second son of Colonel John Gore of the 33rd Regiment, who from 1776 until his death in 1794 was the lieutenant-governor of the Tower of London, and of his wife, Bellamira Munbee. His...
by Richard Hiscocks | Sep 20, 2018
Sir Edward James Foote 1767-1833. Born 20 April 1767, he was the fourth and youngest son of the Reverend Francis Hender Foote, rector of Bishopsbourne, near Canterbury, and of his wife, Catherine Mann. He was the nephew of Sir Horatio Mann, the King s minister in...
by Richard Hiscocks | Sep 20, 2018
Sir Edward Brace 1770 -1843. Born at Kimbolton, Herefordshire, and baptised on 2 June 1770, he was the son of Francis Brace of Stagbatch in Hertfordshire. Brace s service commenced as a volunteer on 15 April 1781 when he joined the Artois 38, Captain John MacBride. He...
by Richard Hiscocks | Sep 20, 2018
Lord Henry Paulet 1767-1832. He was born on 31 March 1767, the second son of the courtier and former M.P George Paulet, 12th Marquis of Winchester, and of his wife, Martha Ingoldsby. Paulet joined the service during the latter stages of the American Revolutionary War...
by Richard Hiscocks | Sep 16, 2018
Thomas Le Marchant Gosselin 1765-1857. Born on 7 May 1765 at St. Peter Port, Guernsey, he was the second son of Colonel Joshua Gosselin of the North Regiment of Militia on that island, and of his wife, Martha Le Marchant, who was also from Guernsey. His brother was...
by Richard Hiscocks | Sep 16, 2018
Christopher John Williams Nesham 1771-1853. He was the son of Captain Christopher Nesham of the 63rd regiment, and of his wife Mary Williams, who in turn was the sister of William Peere Williams-Freeman who rose to become admiral of the fleet. He was also related to...
by Richard Hiscocks | Sep 12, 2018
Hugh Downman 1765-1858. He was born of humble origins at Plympton, Devon on 29 October 1765. With the influence of his uncle, the poet and physician Dr Hugh Downman, he entered the navy on 10 October 1776 aboard the Thetis 32, Captain Mitchell Graham, who was...
by Richard Hiscocks | Sep 6, 2018
Sir Lawrence William Halsted 1764-1841.The son of Captain William Anthony Halsted and his wife Mary Frankland, he was born at Gosport on 2 April 1764. He was the brother of Lieutenant Charles Halsted who died when the Blanche 32, Captain Samuel Uppleby, was lost in...
by Richard Hiscocks | Sep 6, 2018
Sir Francis William Austen 1774-1865. He was born on 23 April 1774, the fifth son of the Reverend George Austen, rector of Deane and later of Steventon, Hampshire, and of his wife, Cassandra Leigh. He was the brother of the novelist Jane Austen and Rear-Admiral...
by Richard Hiscocks | Sep 6, 2018
John Whitby 1774-1806. Born on 7 October 1774, he was the eldest of seven sons of the Reverend Thomas Whitby of Creswall Hall, Staffordshire, and of his wife, Mabella Turton. The brother of Captain Henry Whitby, he was distantly related to Admiral of the Fleet the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Sep 4, 2018
Sir Robert Moorsom 1760-1835. He was born on 8 June 1760, the second son of a ship-owner, Richard Moorsom, of Airy-Hill, near Whitby, Yorkshire, and of his wife, Mary Ward. Having been classically educated at Scorton near Richmond in Yorkshire, Moorsom entered the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Sep 4, 2018
James Cornwallis 1754-98. He was the third son of the Revered William Cornwallis, the rector of Chelmondiston, Suffolk, and of his wife, Sarah Cobbald. He was a distant cousin of Admiral Hon. Sir William Cornwallis. During 1774-6 he served off West Africa aboard the...
