by Richard Hiscocks | Oct 14, 2017
John M’Laurin Died 1792. M?Laurin entered the navy after serving in the merchant marine. In 1762 he was employed on the Lisbon station as the master of the Hornet 10, Commander George Johnstone, and having been made prize-master of a captured French vessel he...
by Richard Hiscocks | Mar 17, 2017
Hon. George Murray 1741-97. He was born on 22 August 1741, the fourth and youngest son of Lord George Murray, who was a general serving Bonnie Prince Charlie in the 1745 rebellion, and of his wife, Amelia Murray. His father escaped abroad in 1746 and never returned to...
by Richard Hiscocks | Feb 28, 2017
John Macartney 1725-81. Macartney was commissioned lieutenant on 20 January 1756. On 22 September 1759 he was promoted commander and appointed to succeed Commander John Jervis aboard the Porcupine 16 at the newly conquered Quebec. He continued there under the orders...
by Richard Hiscocks | Feb 25, 2017
Robert Man c1748-1813. He was the son of Captain Robert Man, who was fatally wounded when commanding the Milford 28 in an action with the French privateer Gloire 16 on 7 March 1762. He was also the nephew of Admiral Robert Man, commander-in-chief in the Leeward...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jan 4, 2017
Thomas Mackenzie 1753-1813. He was the son of Vice-Admiral George Mackenzie, who flew his broad pennant as a commodore and commander-in-chief at Jamaica in the early 1770 s, and who commanded in the Downs in 1777. He died in 1780. Mackenzie entered the service aboard...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jun 26, 2016
Sir Andrew Mitchell 1757-1806. He was born in 1 October 1757, the second son of Charles Mitchell of Baldridge, near Dunfermline, who died when he was just two years old, and of his wife, Margaret Forbes. After being educated at the High School, Edinburgh, Mitchell...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jun 26, 2016
Benjamin Marlow 1715- 1795. Marlow was commissioned lieutenant on 25 July 1743. As a lieutenant he temporarily commanded the Dolphin 24 for Captain Carr Scrope in Vice-Admiral Hon. John Byng?s controversial Battle of Minorca on 20 May 1756, and he was posted captain...
by Richard Hiscocks | May 24, 2016
John MacBride (c1735-1800) As pugnacious in Parliament as he was at sea, MacBride enjoyed almost constant employment during his long career. His popularity among the common people was not universally shared by his colleagues, despite his great success in capturing...
by Richard Hiscocks | Apr 26, 2016
Mark Milbanke 1724-1805. Born at Croft-on-Tees, Yorkshire, and baptised on 12 April 1724, he was the third of six sons of Sir Ralph Milbanke, the 4th baronet of Halnaby in Yorkshire, and of his second wife, Anne Delavall. His brother, also Sir Ralph Milbanke, served...
by Richard Hiscocks | Apr 9, 2016
John Moutray 1723-1785. He originated from Roscobie in Fifeshire, being the younger son of James Moutray, the 5th Laird of Roscobie, and of his wife, Emelia Malcolm of Innerteel. Having been commissioned lieutenant of the Orford 70, Captain Perry Mayne, in the West...
by Richard Hiscocks | Apr 4, 2016
Lord Mulgrave Please see Hon. Constantine John...
by Richard Hiscocks | Mar 19, 2016
Sir Samuel Marshall 1741-95. He was baptised on 7 March 1741 at Aleverstoke, Hampshire, the son of Captain Sir Samuel Marshall and of his wife Edith Pratt. Marshall joined the service in 1753 as a captain’s servant to his father aboard the Portsmouth guardship Tyger...
by Richard Hiscocks | Feb 10, 2016
Lord Robert Manners 1758-82. He was born on 6 February 1758, the second son of Lieutenant-General John Manners, the Marquis of Granby, and grandson of John, 3rd Duke of Rutland. His mother was Lady Frances Seymour. He was the first cousin of Captain Hon William...
by Richard Hiscocks | Feb 7, 2016
Sir George Montagu 1750-1829. He was born on 12 December 1750, the second son of Admiral John Montagu, and of his wife, Sophia Wroughton. He was the brother of Captain James Montagu, who was killed at the Battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794, and of...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jan 7, 2016
John Montagu 1719-95. He was the fourth born son of ten children to James Montagu of Lackham, Wiltshire, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Eyles of Southbroom, Bishop’s Canning, Wiltshire. His father was a cousin of the Earl of Sandwich, and Montagu was the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Jan 4, 2016
Hon. Frederick Lewis Maitland 1730-1786. He was born on 19 January 1730 in Edinburgh, the sixth son of Charles Maitland the 1st Earl of Lauderdale, and of his wife, Lady Elizabeth Ogilvie. His younger brother was Colonel Hon. John Maitland, who died shortly after...
by Richard Hiscocks | Dec 30, 2015
Charles Middleton 1st Lord Barham 1726-1813. He was born on 14 October 1726 at Leith, the second son of Robert Middleton, a customs collector in Linlithgowshire, and of Helen, daughter of Captain Charles Dundas and a cousin of the future Lord Melville. He became the...
by Richard Hiscocks | Dec 20, 2015
James Montagu 1752-94. He was born on 12 August 1752, the third son of Admiral John Montagu and his wife, Sophia Wroughton. He was the brother of Admiral Sir George Montagu, and of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Montagu 1755-99, who was killed in the Army at Seringapatam....
by Richard Hiscocks | Dec 20, 2015
Christopher Mason 1734-1802. He was the son of Christopher Mason of Greenwich and his wife Anne Buckle He was commissioned lieutenant on 21 November 1762, joining the Somerset 70, Captain John Clark, at the end of the year and after this vessel returned home was...
by Richard Hiscocks | Dec 18, 2015
Anthony James Pye Molloy @1754-1814. He was of Irish extraction and the nephew by marriage of Admiral Sir Thomas Pye. Of his early service little is known, but Molloy was commissioned lieutenant on 3 August 1768 and first came to attention when as second lieutenant of...
by Richard Hiscocks | Dec 18, 2015
John Morris c1725-76. He was the father of Vice-Admiral Sir James Nicoll Morris. Morris was commissioned lieutenant on 10 July 1755 and promoted commander on 7 January 1771 of the sloop Lynx at Chatham, removing shortly afterwards to the sloop Otter 14. He was...
