by Richard Hiscocks | Dec 3, 2023
Thomas Roger Eyles c1769- 1835. He was the son of Thomas Eyles of Stratton Audley in Oxfordshire, and of his wife, Ann Woodward Baxter. Eyles was commissioned lieutenant of the Hero 74 for purposes of rank only on 22 November 1790, being one of many officers advanced...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jan 3, 2023
Sir George Eyre 1769-1839. He was born on 23 April 1769, the fourth and youngest son of Anthony Eyre, the M.P. for Boroughbridge from 1774-84, and the descendent of an old and prominent Nottinghamshire family which had been supporters of the Stuarts. His mother was...
by Richard Hiscocks | Mar 20, 2020
William Edge 1750-1842. He was the son of Philip Edge and of his wife, Anne Truelove. Edge was commissioned lieutenant on 26 May 1776. He was present at the Occupation of Toulon from August 1793 aboard Vice-Admiral Lord Hood’s flagship Victory 100, Captain John...
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 24, 2019
Farmery Predam Epworth 1766-1828. He was born in Totnes, Devon on 30 November 1766, the eldest son of Captain Farmery Epworth who became a superannuated admiral, and of his wife, Jane Cuming, of that town. He was the brother-in-law of Vice-Admiral John DilkesEpworth...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jul 31, 2019
Joseph Ellison 1753-1816. He was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the son of a Joseph Ellison. Having lost his father when he was six months old, he was adopted by a childless aunt who lived near Portsmouth. He was related to General Cuthbert Ellison. The reporting in the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Mar 15, 2019
John Elphinstone 1756- 1801. Born in Peckham, London on 14 August 1756, he was one of six sons of Captain John Elphinstone and of his wife, Amelia Warburton. His brothers Thomas and Robert-Phillip both reached the rank of post-captain in the Navy, another brother...
by Richard Hiscocks | Mar 4, 2019
Sir William Essington c1753-1816. A younger son of Lieutenant Claphamson Essington and of his wife Anne Hill, his grandfather was John Essington, the M.P. for New Romney from 1727-8, who was unseated from Parliament by petition and died in Newgate Prison after being...
by Richard Hiscocks | May 7, 2018
Alexander Edgar 1736-1817. He was the youngest of five sons and nine children of John Edgar, the Laird of Wedderlie, Berwickshire, Scotland, and of his wife Mary Home. Edgar was commissioned lieutenant on 20 December 1757 and in the following year served aboard the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 1, 2017
See Charles Holmes Everitt Calmady
by Richard Hiscocks | Jul 19, 2017
Sampson Edwards 1745-1840. He was the son and great-grandson of post captains, the brother of Captain Valentine Edwards, the nephew of Admiral Richard Edwards, and the uncle of Rear-Admiral Valentine Collard. Edwards began his service in 1758 aboard the Dover 44,...
by Richard Hiscocks | Feb 8, 2017
Hon. George Keith Elphinstone 1st Viscount Keith 1746-1823. Born at Elphinstone Tower near Stirling on 7 January 1746, he was the fifth son of Charles, 10th Lord Elphinstone, and of his wife Lady Clementina Fleming, the daughter and heir of John, 6th Earl of Wigtown....
by Richard Hiscocks | Feb 5, 2017
Michael John Everitt Died 1779. He was the son of Captain Michael Everitt 1716-76 of Fareham, Hampshire, and of his wife, Elizabeth Gayton. His younger brother was Admiral Charles Holmes Everitt Calmady, and he was the nephew of Admiral Clark Gayton and of...
by Richard Hiscocks | Nov 17, 2016
John Elphinstone 1722-85. He was baptised in London, the only child of John Elphinstone and of his wife Anne Williams. The family originated from Lopness in the Orkney Islands. Having been commissioned lieutenant on 23 August 1746, Elphinstone was serving in this rank...
by Richard Hiscocks | Apr 4, 2016
Viscount Exmouth Please go to Sir Edward Pellew....
by Richard Hiscocks | Mar 10, 2016
Edward Edwards 1742-1815. He was the fifth of six children of Richard Edwards of Water Newton near Peterborough, and of his wife, Mary Fuller. Having passed his lieutenant’s examination on 14 March 1775 but not been made, Edwards commanded the transport Viscount...
by Richard Hiscocks | Feb 22, 2016
Timothy Edwards 1731-1780. He was the son of the Reverend William Edwards of Nanhoran, North Wales, and of his wife Frances Williams. Edwards joined the Navy at Deptford in December 1745 as a cabin servant aboard the new Chesterfield 44, Captain William Gordon, and he...
by Richard Hiscocks | Feb 15, 2016
Henry Francis Evans 1742-81. He was born on 18 February 1742 at Westminster, the son of Robert Evans and of his wife Elizabeth. Evans was commissioned lieutenant on 27 September 1762, and in April 1767 was appointed an agent of transports, going out to New York and...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jan 1, 2016
John Elliot 1732-1808. He was born in April 1732 of Scottish decent, the third son and one of nine children of the judge, Sir Gilbert Elliot, and of his wife Helen Steaurt. He was the younger brother of the statesman and philosopher Sir Gilbert Elliot, the uncle of...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jan 1, 2016
Richard Edwards @1715-1795.He was the uncle of Admiral Sampson Edwards and Captain Valentine Edwards.Edwards was serving in the West Indies as early as 1731, was commissioned lieutenant on 30 November 1740, and promoted commander on 6 September 1747. He had the brig...
by Richard Hiscocks | Dec 29, 2015
John Evans 1717-94.Evans first known service was as an able seaman in home waters aboard the Revenge 70, Captain Robert Trevor, from the summer of 1733 until the summer of 1734 when he moved to the Dunkirk 60, Captain Digby Dent, being taken into the midshipmen?s...
