by Richard Hiscocks | Jan 15, 2018
Richard Rundle Burges 1754-97. Born on 10 September 1754 to Richard Burges and his wife, Mary Rundle, he came from a seafaring family that originated from Topsham, Devon, and was the brother in law of Captain Thomas Watson who died in action in the Leeward Islands on...
by Richard Hiscocks | Dec 28, 2017
John Blankett 1741-1801. He was born at Rotherhithe, London, and baptised on 13 February 1741, one of nine children of a wealthy merchant, Stephen Blankett, and of his wife, Elizabeth Born* Blankett volunteered for the navy and served as a midshipman to Captain Edward...
by Richard Hiscocks | Nov 9, 2017
Robert Barbor Died 1782. Barbor was commissioned lieutenant on 23 February 1756, and from 1758 commanded the sloop Postillion 18, an ex-French privateer, serving in the North Sea. He was posted captain of the Kennington 20 on 4 June 1759, and he served in the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 29, 2017
Richard Bowen 1761-97. Born in Ilfracombe, Devon, he was the third son of Richard Bowen, a merchant captain, and the brother of Rear-Admiral James Bowen and Captain George Bowen. Another brother, Thomas, died as a midshipman in 1796, whilst the second oldest brother,...
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 1, 2017
Edward Bowater 1753- 1829. The son of Richard Bowater of Coventry, Warwickshire, and his wife, Mary Bailey, he was the younger brother of Lieutenant-General John Bowater of the Royal Marines. Bowater was commissioned lieutenant on 26 February 1776 and commanded the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 1, 2017
George Bowen (1) Died1823. He was of Welsh descent, the cousin of Captain George Bowen who died in command of the Trusty in 1800. Bowen was commissioned lieutenant on 13 March 1773 and promoted commander on 19 November 1779, in which rank he commissioned the ex-sloop...
by Richard Hiscocks | Aug 2, 2017
John Bourchier 1747-1808. Born on 26 September 1747 at Bramfield, Suffolk, he was the fourth son of the Revered Edward Bourchier and of his wife Elizabeth Gattacre. Having been commissioned on 13 July 1775, Bourchier was first lieutenant of the sloop Druid 14,...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jun 29, 2017
Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton 1759-1832. Born on 11 October 1759 in Southampton, he was the eldest and only surviving son of Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton and his wife Mary Anne Hussey. Bickerton entered the service with the rating of midshipman upon the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Feb 28, 2017
George Anson Byron 1758-93. He was born on 30 November 1758, the second son of Vice-Admiral Hon. John Byron, and of his wife, Sophia Trevannion. He was the uncle of the poet Lord Byron and a cousin of Rear-Admiral Richard Byron.Byron was commissioned lieutenant on 31...
by Richard Hiscocks | Feb 28, 2017
James?Bradby 1738-1809. He came from a family long settled in the Hamble area of Southampton, and was the brother of Lieutenant Daniel Bradby and the father of Captain James Bradby and two other sons who served in the navy. From 1758-61 Bradby was employed aboard the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Feb 19, 2017
Philip Browne c1741-1779.He came from a family long settled in Godmanstone, Dorset, and was the father of Rear-Admiral Philip Browne. Two other sons died on active service, one being an artillery captain based at Barbados, and the other a midshipman in the navy....
by Richard Hiscocks | Feb 19, 2017
Hugh Bromedge Died 1792. Bromedge was commissioned lieutenant on 21 September 1756, and during early 1759 commanded the cutter Duke William in the Channel where he was active in anti-smuggling operations. On 3 April 1759 he was promoted commander of the Wolf 16, which...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jan 25, 2017
Charles Buckner c1735-1811. He was born in Boxgrove, Sussex, the son of Richard Buckner, a steward to the Whig politician the Duke of Richmond, and of his wife, Mary Saunders. His elder brother, John Buckner, was the Bishop of Chichester from 1797-1824. Benefitting...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jan 17, 2017
John Bourmaster 1736-1807. A gentleman of humble origins, he had to earn his promotions on merit. Bourmaster was commissioned lieutenant on 19 October 1759, in which rank he was the principal agent of transports in North America during the early stages of the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Dec 14, 2016
Thomas Burnet 1724- 83. He was born in New York, the second son of the Dutch born colonial administrator William Burnet FRS, and of his second wife Anna Mary Van Horne. Both his parents died at a young age and he was left in the care of an uncle. Burnet joined the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Nov 17, 2016
Nathaniel Bateman @1723- Bateman entered the service as a common seaman and probably earned his promotion to officer rank through bravery in action. By the time he was commissioned lieutenant on 5 July 1756 he had already served aboard a dozen ships, either as a...
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 29, 2016
Andrew Barkley c1741-90. He was the youngest son of James Barkley from Banff, Cromarty, and of his wife, Jean Morrison, although his parent’s names were also spelled ‘Barclay’ and ‘Morison’. Barkley was commissioned lieutenant on 27...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jul 13, 2016
James Burney 1750-1821. He was born in London on 13 June 1750, the eldest son of the classical critic and musician, Dr Charles Burney, and of his first wife, Esther Sleepe. He was the brother of the novelist Fanny, Madame d?Arblay, and the classical scholar, Charles...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jul 12, 2016
William Bligh 1754-1817. He was born at Plymouth, Devon, on 9 September 1754, the only son of Francis Bligh of Tinten Manor, St. Tudy, Cornwall, who was a Plymouth customs officer from a long-established Cornish family, and of his second wife, Jane Pearce, a widow who...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jun 29, 2016
James Brine Died 1814. He was the father of Rear-Admiral Augustus Brine and Captain George Brine. Brine was commissioned lieutenant on 1 July 1766, in which rank he commanded the storeship Prince Frederick, going out to Madeira in September 1766. He was first...
by Richard Hiscocks | May 24, 2016
Henry Bryne Died 1780. Bryne was commissioned lieutenant on 14 September 1762 and promoted commander of the Pomona 18 on 21 January 1771, serving out of Lough Swilly and in home waters. During April 1773 he went out to the Mediterranean and after sending in reports...
by Richard Hiscocks | May 19, 2016
William Brereton 1728-@1800. He originated from a family long settled in Winchester, Hampshire.Brereton joined the navy in 1746 aboard the Eagle 60, Captain George Brydges Rodney, and was present under that officer in Rear-Admiral Edward Hawke?s victory over Commodore...
by Richard Hiscocks | Apr 24, 2016
William Bayne 1732-82. He was the second of three sons of Professor Alexander Bayne, an Edinburgh lawyer who moved to London before returning to Scotland, and of his wife, Mary Carstairs. His elder sister married the painter Allan Ramsay, who after her death in 1743...
by Richard Hiscocks | Apr 11, 2016
Viscount Bridport Please see Sir Alexander Hood. 1st Viscount...
by Richard Hiscocks | Apr 9, 2016
Philip Boteler It is understood that he originated from a wealthy and long-established Hertfordshire family, but any other personal details have not filtered down to the present age, perhaps as a consequence of his ultimate ?disgrace?. Commissioned lieutenant on 23...
by Richard Hiscocks | Apr 7, 2016
Sir Albemarle Bertie 1755-1824. He was born on 20 January 1755, the illegitimate son of Peregrine Bertie, the 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven. Having been commissioned lieutenant on 20 December 1777, Bertie served at the Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778 as first...
by Richard Hiscocks | Apr 5, 2016
Hon. Sir George Cranfield Berkeley 1753-1818. He was born on 10 August 1753, the second surviving son of Augustus, 4th Earl of Berkeley, and of his wife Elizabeth Drax. He was the grandson of a previous first lord of the Admiralty, Vice-Admiral James Berkeley, and the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Apr 4, 2016
Lord Barham Please go to Charles...
by Richard Hiscocks | Mar 24, 2016
Robert Biggs Died 1803. Biggs was commissioned lieutenant on 7 August 1761, had the cutter Folkestone 6 serving in home waters in 1768, and the cutter Grace 6 from 1769-71. He was promoted commander on 10 January 1771 and recommissioned the Favourite 16 at Portsmouth,...
by Richard Hiscocks | Mar 19, 2016
Sir William Chaloner Burnaby 1746- 1794. He was the son of Vice-Admiral Sir William Burnaby who commanded both West Indian stations at various times during his career, and of his first wife, Margaret Donovan of Jamaica. Burnaby was commissioned lieutenant on 1...
