by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 4, 2019
Hon. Frederick Paul Irby 1779-1844. He was born on 18 April 1779, the second of six sons and a younger daughter of Frederick, the 2nd Lord Boston, and of his wife, Christian Metheun. He was the elder brother of Captain Hon. Charles Leonard Irby, who was posted captain...
by Richard Hiscocks | Aug 4, 2019
See Richard Incledon Bury
by Richard Hiscocks | Apr 4, 2018
Samuel Hood Inglefield 1783-1848. He was the son of Captain John Nicholson Inglefield and his wife, Ann Smith, and was born at Singlewell, near Gravesend in Kent. His parents separated after his mother?s well-publicised but alleged adultery with an African servant...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jan 9, 2018
Henry Inman 1762-1809. He was the son of the Reverend George Inman, the rector of Burrington in Somerset. Inman entered the service in 1776 under the patronage of the son of another Somerset clergyman, Captain Sir Samuel Hood, who commanded the Courageux 74 in home...
by Richard Hiscocks | Apr 25, 2017
John Nicholson Inglefield 1748-1828. He was born at Deptford, Kent, the son of Isaac Inglefield, a naval carpenter from a Lancastrian family, and of his wife, Hannah Slade, the sister of the eminent shipbuilder, Sir Thomas Slade. Inglefield entered the service in 1759...
by Richard Hiscocks | Mar 19, 2017
Charles Inglis (1) c1731-91. He was the fourth and youngest son of Sir John Inglis of Cramond, the postmaster general of Scotland. His mother was Anne Cockburn, the daughter of an eminent Scottish politician, Lord Ormiston. Inglis entered the navy in 1745 aboard the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Dec 7, 2016
Alexander Innes Died 1786. Innes was commissioned lieutenant on 26 July 1739. After being promoted commander of the sloop Ferret 14 on 14 November 1752 he brought her back from Jamaica in the following August and paid her off. From February 1755 he had the Otter 14,...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jun 18, 2016
John Inglis (1743-1807) Although born and bred in Philadelphia, North America, John Inglis was a proud Scot who remained loyal to Britain when the War of Independence broke out. In 1777 his American background gained him an unexpected promotion to master and...
