Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Penn, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Royal ...Use dmy dates date April 2012 Image Lely, William Penn.jpg thumb Admiral Sir WilliamPenn , 1621&ndash 1670 by Sir Peter Lely , painted 1665&ndash 1666, part of the Flagmen of Lowestoft series. Sir WilliamPenn 23 April 1621 16 September 1670 was an England English admiral and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England House of Commons from 1660 to 1670. He was the father of WilliamPenn , founder of the Province of Pennsylvania . Life Penn was born in St. Thomas Parish, Bristol to Giles Penn and Joan Gilbert. ref The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography , Vol. XX, Page 14 .... ref name eb1911 1911 wstitle Penn, William British admiral ref After 1650 he was employed as commander ... www.historyofparliamentonline.org volume 1660 1690 member pennwilliam 1621 70 History of Parliament Online Penn, William ref He played a small part in the English Restoration Restoration ref name ..., vol X companion, article on Sir WilliamPenn ref In 1661 Penn was re elected MP for Weymouth and Melcombe ... Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich Earl of Sandwich Pepys patron at the Navy Board Penn was a moderate ... ever did in my life in anything that he said. A native of the West Country Sir WilliamPenn is buried ... Painted Hall at Greenwich . Though Sir WilliamPenn was not a high minded man, he is a figure of considerable ... of Admiral Sir WilliamPenn English Naval Supremacy. New York St. Martin s Press, 1988. References ... DEFAULTSORT Penn, William Category 1621 births Category 1670 deaths Category People from Bristol Category RoyalNavy admirals Category Penn family de WilliamPenn Admiral es WilliamPenn almirante fr WilliamPenn amiral it WilliamPenn ammiraglio ja pl WilliamPenn admira pt WilliamPenn almirante fi WilliamPenn amiraali .... They had three children Margaret, Richard and William. He served his apprenticeship at sea with his ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 William Adams died 1748 was the Captain RoyalNavy captain of HMS Harwich 1743 HMS Harwich in the RoyalNavy who was killed in Edward Boscawen s unsuccessful siege of Pondicherry during the War of the Austrian Succession . Sources newgenbio Adams, W. http books.google.co.uk books?id Ccs1AAAAMAAJ&pg PA58&lpg PA58&dq captain adams pondicherry harwich&source web&ots VNK2u 9w1b&sig x qtWw4weC FBYtv4T8 i31Ls3U&hl en&sa X&oi book result&resnum 7&ct result Persondata NAME Adams, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION RoyalNavyofficer DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1748 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Adams, William Category 1748 deaths Category RoyalNavy officers Category British military personnel killed in the War of the Austrian Succession Category RoyalNavy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession UK navy bio stub ... more details
years 1859&ndash 1860 before George Seymour RoyalNavyofficer Sir George Seymour after Henry William ... laterwork Admiral of the Fleet RoyalNavy Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Bowles , Order of the Bath KCB 1780 &ndash 2 July 1869 was a senior RoyalNavyofficer and politician. Naval career Bowles joined the RoyalNavy in 1796. ref name loney http www.pdavis.nl ShowBiog.php?id 16 William Loney RN ref He was made Lieutenant in 1803, Commander in 1806 and Captain RoyalNavy Captain in 1807. ref name loney He was appointed Captain of the yacht HMS William and Mary 1694 HMS William and Mary in 1822 ... Sir Henry Hardinge after Josceline William Percy s mil succession box title Third Sea Lord Third Naval Lord before George Seymour RoyalNavyofficer Sir George Seymour after Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron ... Seymour RoyalNavyofficer Sir George Seymour after Phipps Hornby Sir Phipps Hornby years 1865 1866 succession box title Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom before George Seymour RoyalNavyofficer ... Bowles, William Category 1780 births Category 1869 deaths Category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Category Lords of the Admiralty Category RoyalNavy admirals of the fleet Category UK MPs ... in Cornwall UK navy bio stub UK MP stub es William Bowles militar ...Infobox military person name Sir William Bowles image caption birth date 1780 death date 2 July 1869 birth place death place nickname allegiance flagicon United Kingdom United Kingdom branch Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 23px RoyalNavy serviceyears rank Admiral of the Fleet RoyalNavy Admiral of the Fleet unit commands HMS William and Mary 1694 HMS William and Mary br Commander in Chief ... Prime Minister . ref name loney References reflist External links Hansard contribs admiral william bowles William Bowles s start s par uk succession box title Member of Parliament for Launceston ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bowles, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military person name William Lisle image caption birth date death date birth place death place placeofburial placeofburial label placeofburial coordinates Coord LAT LONG display inline,title nickname birth name allegiance flag Kingdom of Great Britain branch navy Kingdom of Great Britain serviceyears rank Commodore RoyalNavy Commodore servicenumber unit commands HMS Severn 1747 HMS Severn br HMS Vigilant 1745 HMS Vigilant br East Indies Station battles War of Jenkins Ear battles label awards relations laterwork signature Commodore RoyalNavy Commodore William Lisle was a RoyalNavyofficer who became Commander in Chief of the East Indies Station . Naval career Lisle was given command of HMS Severn 1747 HMS Severn and saw action when escorting a convoy in the Leeward Islands in 1746. ref name clowes http www.archive.org stream royalnavyhistory03clowuoft royalnavyhistory03clowuoft djvu.txt Clowes, William Laird, The RoyalNavy, a History from the earliest times to the present , p.122 ref None of the ships in the convoy were taken by the attacking French force and Lisle s conduct was such that he was rewarded with the command of HMS Vigilant 1745 HMS Vigilant in 1747, ref name clowes retaining it as his flagship for his deployment to the East Indies . ref http threedecks.org index.php?display type show ship&id 7325 British Fourth Rate ship of the line Vigilant 1745 Three Decks ref He was appointed Commander in Chief of the East Indies Station in 1750 and remained in post until 1754. ref http books.google.co.uk books?id aURnAAAAMAAJ&pg PA272&dq 22Admiral William O 27Bryen Drury 22 v onepage&q 22Admiral 20William 20O Bryen 20Drury 22&f false Hayden, Joseph The book of dignities , Longmans, 1851, p.272 ref References reflist Persondata NAME Lisle, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lisle, William Category RoyalNavy officers ... more details
Lord and Controller of the Navy before Arthur Wilson RoyalNavyofficer Sir Arthur Wilson after Henry Jackson RoyalNavyofficer Sir Henry Jackson years 1901 1905 succession box title Second Sea Lord before Charles Carter Drury Sir Charles Drury years 1907 1909 after Francis Bridgeman RoyalNavyofficer ... before Wilmot Fawkes Sir Wilmot Fawkes after George Egerton RoyalNavyofficer Sir George Egerton end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME May, William, Henry ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION RoyalNavy admiral of the fleet DATE OF BIRTH 1849 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1930 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT May, William, Henry Category 1849 births Category 1930 deaths Category RoyalNavy admirals of the fleet Category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Category Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Category Lords of the Admiralty ...Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military person name Sir William May birth date 1849 death date 1930 birth place death place image caption nickname allegiance flagicon United Kingdom United Kingdom serviceyears 1863 &ndash 1919 rank Admiral of the Fleet branch Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 23px RoyalNavy commands Commander in Chief, Plymouth Plymouth Command unit battles World War I awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath br Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order laterwork Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Henry May Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Bath GCB Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO 1849 1930 was a RoyalNavyOfficer who went on to be Second Sea Lord Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel . Naval career May joined the RoyalNavy in 1863. ref name lh http www.kcl.ac.uk lhcma locreg MAY2.shtml Liddell Hart Centre ... in 1901 and then Third Sea Lord Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy later in the year ... Britain Volume 10 Officials of Royal Commissions of Inquiry 1870 1939 1995 , pp. 85 8. url ... more details
Commander William Basil Willett , Order of the British Empire OBE , Royal Victorian Order MVO , Distinguished Service Cross United Kingdom DSC 24 February 1919 &ndash 1976 was Private Secretary to His Royal Highness the Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Duke of Edinburgh , Prince consort consort of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II 1970 1976. Willett was educated at Winchester College and the Britannia Royal Naval College , Dartmouth, Devon Dartmouth . He joined the RoyalNavy in 1937. He was sailing master on the Royal Yacht royal yacht Bloodhound 1967 1968. Willett received the Distinguished Service Cross United Kingdom DSC in 1942. He was made an Order of the British Empire OBE in 1964 and an MVO in 1969. Honours and awards 3 December 1940 Mention in Dispatches Sub Lieutenant William Basil Willett, RoyalNavy. For courage and resource in recent successful actions against Italian Submarines . ref LondonGazette issue 35007 date 3 December 1940 startpage 6914 supp x accessdate 2008 12 05 ref 1 January 1965 Order of the British Empire Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE Lieutenant Commander Acting Commander William Basil Willett, D.S.C., RoyalNavy. ref LondonGazette issue 43529 date 1 January 1965 startpage 5 supp x accessdate 2008 12 05 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Willett, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1976 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Willett, William Category Officers of the Order of the British Empire Category Members of the Royal Victorian Order Category Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross United Kingdom Category 1976 deaths Willet, William ... more details
of the Navy before Thomas Brandreth RoyalNavyofficer Sir Thomas Brandreth after John Ommanney ... Graham, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION RoyalNavy admiral DATE OF BIRTH 10 September ... Graham, William Category 1826 births Category 1907 deaths Category RoyalNavy admirals Category ...Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military person name Sir William Graham image caption birth date 10 September 1826 death date 31 May 1907 placeofburial label placeofburial birth place death place Bath, Somerset Bath , Somerset placeofburial coordinates coord LAT LONG display inline,title nickname allegiance flag United Kingdom branch navy United Kingdom serviceyears rank Admiral United Kingdom Admiral unit commands battles Crimean War br Second Opium War awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath relations laterwork Admiral RoyalNavy Admiral Sir William Graham Order of the Bath GCB 10 September 1826 31 May 1907 was a RoyalNavyofficer who went on to be Third Sea Lord Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy . Naval career Graham was appointed a Lieutenant in the RoyalNavy in 1849 ref name loney http www.pdavis.nl ShowBiog.php?id 1364 William Loney RN ref and served in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War in 1855 and at the capture of Guangzhou Canton during the Second Opium War in 1857. ref http www.bosleys.net b67 medals.html Orders, decorations & medals Bosleys, 12 September 2007 ref Promoted to Captain naval Captain in 1863, he was given command of HMS Danae 1867 HMS Danae , HMS Immortalit 1859 HMS Immortalit , HMS Resistance 1861 HMS Resistance , HMS Black Prince 1861 HMS Black Prince and then HMS Aurora 1861 HMS Aurora . ref name loney He was appointed ... of Malta dockyard in 1882 and Third Sea Lord Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1886. ref name loney His last appointment was as President of the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich . ref http www.archive.org stream exhibitroyalhous00newgiala exhibitroyalhous00newgiala djvu.txt Royal ... more details
First Battle Squadron later that year. ref Navy List, November 1917 ref He was appointed Third Sea Lord Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1919 ref http www.admirals.org.uk appointments board board.php RoyalNavy Flag Officers 1904 1945 ref and was given command of the Second Battle Squadron ... box title Third Sea Lord Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy before Charles de Bartolom Sir Charles de Bartolom after Frederick Field RoyalNavyofficer Sir Frederick Field years 1919 1920 end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Nicholson, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION RoyalNavy admiral DATE OF BIRTH 28 October 1863 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 9 January 1932 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Nicholson, William Category 1863 births Category 1932 deaths Category RoyalNavy World War I admirals Category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Category Lords ...Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military person name Sir William Nicholson image caption birth date 28 October 1863 death date 9 January 1932 placeofburial label placeofburial birth place death place placeofburial coordinates coord LAT LONG display inline,title nickname allegiance flag United Kingdom branch navy United Kingdom serviceyears rank Admiral United Kingdom Admiral unit commands Chilean battleship Almirante Latorre HMS Canada battles World War I awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath relations laterwork Admiral RoyalNavy Admiral Sir William Coldingham Masters Nicholson Order of the Bath KCB 28 October 1863 9 January 1932 was a RoyalNavyofficer who went on to be Third Sea Lord Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy . Naval career Nicholson served in World War I and, as Captain of Chilean battleship Almirante Latorre HMS Canada , saw action at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. ref http www.naval history.net WW1Battle1605Jutland4.htm Battle of Jutland Naval History ... 1 0 Army & Navy Eveing Post, 1920 ref He lived at Winchcombe in Gloucestershire . ref http glarac.co.uk ... more details
John Bush RoyalNavyofficer Sir John Bush after Edward Ashmore Sir Edward Ashmore years 1970&ndash 1971 s hon s bef before John Bush RoyalNavyofficer Sir John Bush s ttl title Rear Admiral of the United ... Bush RoyalNavyofficer Sir John Bush s ttl title Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom years 1984&ndash ... . NAME Obrien, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION RoyalNavy admiral DATE OF BIRTH 13 November 1916 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Obrien, William Category 1916 births Category Living people Category RoyalNavy admirals Category RoyalNavy officers of World War II ... of the RoyalNavy Club of 1765 & 1785 United 1889 . ref http royalnavyclub.org History.html RoyalNavy ... box title Naval Secretary before John Osler Chattock Hayes John Hayes after Anthony Griffin RoyalNavyofficer Anthony Griffin years 1964&ndash 1966 s bef before Frank Twiss Sir Frank Twiss s ttl title ...Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military person name Sir William O Brien birth date Birth date and age df yes 1916 11 13 birth place death place image caption nickname allegiance flagicon United Kingdom United Kingdom serviceyears 1930 1971 rank Admiral RoyalNavy Admiral branch Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 22px RoyalNavy commands Eastern Fleet Far East Fleet br Western Fleet United Kingdom Western Fleet unit battles World War II awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath br Distinguished Service Cross United Kingdom Distinguished Service Cross laterwork Admiral RoyalNavy Admiral Sir William Donough O Brien Order of the Bath KCB Distinguished Service Cross United Kingdom DSC born 13 November 1916 was Commander in Chief of the Western Fleet United Kingdom Western Fleet . Naval career Educated at the Britannia Royal Naval College Royal Naval College Dartmouth , O Brien was Commissioned officer commissioned into the RoyalNavy in 1930. ref name debrett Debrett ... s Almanack 1965 ref He was appointed Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers in 1966, Eastern Fleet Commander ... more details
SHORT DESCRIPTION RoyalNavy admiral of the fleet DATE OF BIRTH 10 November 1928 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 13 October 1997 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Staveley RoyalNavyOfficer , William Category ... after Peter Stanford RoyalNavyofficer Sir Peter Stanford years 1980&ndash 1982 succession box title ... Image Wstaveley.jpg 150px caption The then Rear admiral William Staveley nickname allegiance flagicon United Kingdom United Kingdom serviceyears 1942 1989 rank Admiral of the Fleet RoyalNavy Admiral of the Fleet branch Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 23px RoyalNavy commands HMS Zulu ... Doveton Sturdee . He was educated at West Downs School , Winchester , then at the Britannia Royal Naval College while it was still called the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich . Naval career He joined the RoyalNavy in 1942. He served on HMY Britannia HM Yacht ... List of senior officers of the RoyalNavy Vice Chiefs of the Naval Staff Vice Chief of the Naval ... 1985 until 1989 when he left the RoyalNavy . Later career In retirement he was a director of the British ... Sir William Staveley url http www.independent.co.uk news obituaries obituary admiral of the fleet sir william staveley 1236166.html publisher The Independent date Thursday, 16 October 1997 accessdate 10 May 2010 s start s mil succession box title List of senior officers of the RoyalNavy Vice ... Navy admirals of the fleet Category RoyalNavy personnel of World War II Category First Sea Lords Category ...Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military person name Sir William Staveley birth date birth date ... Cross of the Order of the Bath laterwork Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Doveton Minet Staveley Order ... . His paternal grandfather was General Charles William Dunbar Staveley Sir Charles William Dunbar ... Plans and Flag Officer 2nd Flotilla. In 1976 he went on to become Flag Officer Carriers & Amphibious ... Branch of the Royal British Legion 1991 , President of the Kent Council for the Protection ... more details
Navy Pakistan Flotilla in 1957, Commodore in charge of the HMNB Devonport RoyalNavy Barracks, Devonport in 1959 and Flag Officer, Medway and Admiral Superintendent, Chatham, Kent Chatham in 1961. ref ... Adm. Sir William Beloe, NATO Officer, Dies at 57 New York Times, 1966 ref References reflist s start ... Companions of the Order of the Bath Category RoyalNavy admirals Category RoyalNavy officers of World ...Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military person name Sir William Beloe birth date 9 December 1909 death date 1966 birth place death place image caption nickname allegiance flagicon United Kingdom United Kingdom serviceyears 1923 1966 rank Vice Admiral RoyalNavy Vice Admiral branch Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 23px RoyalNavy commands HMS Campbeltown I42 HMS Campbeltown br HMS Cotton K510 HMS Cotton br HMS Contest R12 HMS Contest br HMS Dainty D108 HMS Dainty br HMS Ocean R68 HMS Ocean unit battles World War II awards Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire br Companion of the Order of the Bath br Distinguished Service Cross United Kingdom Distinguished Service Cross laterwork Vice Admiral Sir Isaac William Trant Beloe Order of the British Empire KBE Order of the Bath CB Distinguished Service Cross United Kingdom DSC 9 December 1909 1966 was a RoyalNavyofficer who became Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic . Naval career Beloe joined the RoyalNavy in 1923. ref name lh http www.kcl.ac.uk lhcma locreg BELOE.shtml ... he commanded the destroyer HMS Contest R12 HMS Contest and then became Deputy Director of the RoyalNavy Staff College before commanding the destroyer HMS Dainty D108 HMS Dainty and then the aircraft ... 1964 1966 s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Beloe, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION RoyalNavy admiral DATE OF BIRTH 9 December 1909 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1966 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Beloe, William Category 1909 births Category 1966 deaths Category Deaths ... more details
before Peveril William Powlett after Richard Onslow RoyalNavyofficer Richard Onslow years 1950&ndash 1952 succession box title List of senior officers of the RoyalNavy Vice Chiefs of the Naval ... John Eccles RoyalNavyofficer Sir John Eccles after Wilfrid Woods Sir Wilfrid Woods years 1958 1960 ... RoyalNavy Admiral commands HMS Mauritius 80 HMS Mauritius br Home Fleet branch Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 23px RoyalNavy unit battles World War I br World War II awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath br Distinguished Service Order laterwork Admiral RoyalNavy Admiral Sir William Wellclose Davis Order of the Bath GCB Distinguished Service Order DSO 11 October 1901 &ndash 29 October 1987 was a RoyalNavyofficer who went on to be Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. Naval career Educated at Summer Fields School in Oxford , the Osborne House Royal Naval College at Osborne and the Britannia Royal Naval College Royal Naval College, Dartmouth , ref name janus http janus.lib.cam.ac.uk db node.xsp?id EAD 2FGBR 2F0014 2FWDVS The Papers of Admiral Sir William Wellclose Davis Janus ref Davis joined the RoyalNavy in 1917 towards the end of World War I . ref name lh ... John s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Davis, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION RoyalNavy admiral DATE OF BIRTH 11 October 1901 PLACE OF BIRTH Shimla , India DATE ... RoyalNavy admirals Category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Category Companions of the Distinguished ...Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military person name Sir William Davis birth date 11 October 1901 ... served in World War II initially as Executive Officer on the battlecruiser HMS Hood 51 HMS Hood and then, from ... in Chief, Home Fleet . ref name lh He became Naval Secretary in 1950 and Flag Officer, Second in Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1952. ref name lh He went on to be List of senior officers of the RoyalNavy Vice Chiefs of the Naval Staff Vice Chief of the Naval Staff in 1954 and Home Fleet Commander ... more details
, jointly with that of Captains William Blair RoyalNavyofficerWilliam Blair and Lord Robert Manners RoyalNavyofficer Lord Robert Manners , who were killed in the battle three days later, a national monument was placed in Westminster Abbey . References reflist DNB wstitle Bayne, William Use dmy dates date July 2011 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bayne, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... , prior to the Battle of the Saintes DEFAULTSORT Bayne, William Category Year of birth missing Category 1782 deaths Category RoyalNavy officers Category British naval personnel of the American Revolutionary War Category RoyalNavy personnel of the Seven Years War Category British military personnel ...Infobox military person name William Bayne birth date death date 9 April 1782 image caption birth place death place Aboard HMS Alfred 1778 6 , prior to the Battle of the Saintes nickname nationality United Kingdom British allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain serviceyears &ndash 1782 rank Captain RoyalNavy Captain branch RoyalNavy commands HMS Woolwich 1749 6 br HMS Stag 1758 6 br HMS Alfred 1778 6 unit battles br Seven Years War British expedition against Martinique American War of Independence Battle of Fort Royal Battle of the Chesapeake Battle of Saint Kitts Battle of the Saintes awards relations William Bayne died 9 April 1782 , was an officer of the RoyalNavy . He saw service during the Seven Years War and the American War of Independence , being killed in action in a brief engagement prior to the Battle of the Saintes . Seven Years War Bayne became a lieutenant on 5 April 1749 in 1755 he served in that rank on board HMS Neptune 1683 HMS Torbay , in North American waters, with Admiral Edward Boscawen , and in November 1756 was advanced to the command of a sloop of war. In 1760 ... Hood, 1st Viscount Hood Sir Samuel Hood , and was present in Battle of Fort Royal the action off Fort Royal in Martinique on 29 April 1781, and in Battle of the Chesapeake the action off the Chesapeake ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Rear Admiral William Allen Royal Society FRS November 1792 23 January 1864 was an England English naval officer and List of explorers explorer . File William Allen Narrative .jpg thumb William Allen, 1848 engraving. Life Allen was born in Weymouth, Dorset and entered the RoyalNavy. He was involved in fighting the African slave trade , and took part in three expeditions to West Africa in 1832 he went up the River Niger with Richard Lemon Lander and Macgregor Laird , and he also commanded a vessel in the Niger expedition of 1841 . Allen collected the type specimen of Allen s Gallinule a small waterbird near the River Niger. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society . Works In 1848, Allen with Thomas Richard Heywood Thomson published, in two volumes as A Narrative of the Expedition sent by H.M. s Government to the River Niger in 1841 . In 1849 he travelled through Syria and Palestine , and published the results in two volumes 1855 as The Dead Sea, a New Route to India, with other Fragments and Gleanings in the East , in which he advocated the construction of a canal ... , and compared that route with the proposed Suez Canal . ref name DNB cite DNB wstitle Allen, William ... , with papers in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society , vols. vii. viii. xiii. and xxiii. Some of his landscape paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy , from 1828 to 1847. ref name DNB Notes reflist Attribution DNB wstitle Allen, William 1793 1864 Persondata NAME Allen, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION RoyalNavyofficer DATE OF BIRTH 1792 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 23 January 1864 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Allen, William Category 1792 births Category 1864 deaths Category People from Weymouth, Dorset Category Explorers of Africa Category RoyalNavy admirals Category Fellows of the Royal Society Category English sailors Category English explorers England mil bio stub UK navy bio stub UK explorer stub ar ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 The Honourable William Cathcart, Master of Cathcart 30 June 1782 4 June 1804 was a officer in the RoyalNavy during the French Revolutionary Wars French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars . He was the eldest son of Scottish peer William Cathcart, 1st Earl Cathcart William Cathcart, 10th Lord Cathcart , later Earl Cathcart . Cathcart joined the RoyalNavy in August 1795 as a volunteer aboard HMS Melpomene 1794 6 . He was made a lieutenant on 2 September 1801. He served on HMS Medusa 1801 6 and was made master and commander on 14 April 1802. He then took charge of the sloop HMS Renard 1799 6 in October 1802, and then having been made post captain , took command of the frigate HMS Clorinde 1803 6 . He died in the West Indies of yellow fever while commanding her, on 4 June 1804 at the age of 22. ref cite book volume 20 publisher Naval Record Society title Naval Miscellany Volume 1 year 1902 editor John Knox Laughton pages 261 262 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cathcart, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 30 June 1782 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 4 June 1804 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cathcart, William Category RoyalNavy officers Category 1782 births Category 1804 deaths Category British naval personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars Category British naval personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Category Deaths from yellow fever Category Heirs apparent who never acceded UK navy bio stub ... more details
Admiral RoyalNavy Admiral Sir William Robert Kennedy Order of the Bath GCB 4 March 1838 9 October 1916 was a RoyalNavyofficer who went on to be Commander in Chief, The Nore . Biography Born ... William, Hurrah for the life of a sailor Fifty Years in the RoyalNavy , Kessinger Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978 1436878692 Kennedy, Sir William, Sport, Travel, and Adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies , BiblioBazaar, 2010, ISBN 978 1142886301 Kennedy, Sir William, Sporting Adventures in the Pacific Whilst in Command of the Reindeer , BiblioBazaar, 2010, ISBN 978 1142180324 Kennedy, Sir William ... Station Commander in Chief, East Indies Station before Frederick Robinson RoyalNavyofficer Frederick Robinson after Edmund Drummond RoyalNavyofficer Edmund Drummond years 1892&ndash 1895 succession ... Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kennedy, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION RoyalNavy admiral ... rank Admiral RoyalNavy Admiral commands East Indies Station br Commander in Chief, The Nore Nore Command br HMS Druid 1869 HMS Druid branch Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 23px RoyalNavy ... joined the RoyalNavy in 1851 and served with the Naval Brigade during the Crimean War . ref name auto http www.camberpete.co.uk victorian navy pages new hurrah for the life of a sailor.htm Autobiography of Vice Admiral Sir William Kennedy ref He was present at the bombardment of Guangzhou Canton ... Daventry , Northamptonshire, England DEFAULTSORT Kennedy, William Category 1838 births Category 1916 deaths Category RoyalNavy admirals Category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ...Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military person name Sir William Kennedy birth date 4 March 1838 death date 9 October 1916 birth place Naples , Italy death place Daventry , Northamptonshire, England ... June 1897 To celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria Vice Admiral William Robert Kennedy is appointed ... Coronation Honours Coronation of King George V, Admiral Sir William Robert Kennedy, KCB, is promoted ... more details
RoyalNavyofficerWilliamPenn br 1621 1670 MAR Margaret Jasper familytree familytree GUL y WIL ...Other uses Infobox person image William Penn.png caption Portrait of WilliamPenn birth date birth date ... Hannah Margaret Callowhill parents Admiral Sir WilliamPenn and Margaret Jasper children WilliamPenn ... Penn, Hannah Penn religion Quakerism Quakerism Religious society of Friends signature WilliamPenn signature.svg Image Frederick Lamb s painting of WilliamPenn IMG 3800.JPG 200px right thumb Frederick S. Lamb s painting of WilliamPenn at the Brooklyn Museum WilliamPenn October 14, 1644 July ... to WilliamPenn to satisfy a debt the king owed to Admiral Sir WilliamPennPenn s father . This land ... Penn memorial.jpg thumb right 200px WilliamPenn was baptized in 1644 at All Hallows by the Tower Church in London Penn was born in 1644 at Tower Hill, London , the son of Admiral Sir WilliamPennRoyalNavyofficerWilliamPenn and Margaret Jasper, previously the widow of a Dutch captain, and the daughter of a rich Dutch merchant from Rotterdam . ref Hans Fantel, WilliamPenn Apostle of Dissent , William Morrow & Co., New York, 1974, p.6, ISBN 0 688 00310 9 ref WilliamPenn, Sr. served in the Commonwealth ... II of England Charles II and was eventually knighted and served in the RoyalNavy . At the time of his son s birth, Captain Penn was twenty three and an ambitious naval officer in charge of quelling Irish Catholic unrest and blockading Irish ports. ref Fantel, p. 6 ref WilliamPenn grew up ... . ref Bonamy Dobr e, WilliamPenn Quaker and Pioneer , Houghton Mifflin Co., 1932, New York, p ... of Oxford Oxford . ref WilliamPenn , Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research ... as Commissioner of the Navy. ref Fantel, p.25, 32 ref In 1660, Penn arrived at University of Oxford ... ref Image WilliamPenn at 22 1666.jpg 190px thumb right WilliamPenn at 22 With his father laid low ..., p. 88 ref Penn in Ireland 1669 1670 In 1669 ref WilliamPenn 1669 1670 My Irish Journal, edited ... more details
Persondata . NAME Dowell, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION RoyalNavy admiral DATE ... DEFAULTSORT Dowell, William Category 1825 births Category 1912 deaths Category RoyalNavy admirals ..., Plymouth years 1888&ndash 1890 before Lord John Hay RoyalNavy admiral of the fleet Lord John ...Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military person name Sir William Dowell birth date 2 August 1825 death date 27 December 1912 birth place death place Bideford , Devon image caption nickname allegiance flagicon United Kingdom United Kingdom serviceyears 1839 1890 rank Admiral RoyalNavy Admiral commands HMS Hornet 1854 HMS Hornet br HMS Barossa 1860 HMS Barrosa br HMS Euryalus 1853 HMS Euryalus br HMS Topaze 1858 HMS Topaze br HMS Leander 1848 HMS Leander br Cape of Good Hope Station br HMS Hercules 1868 HMS Hercules br Coast of Ireland br Channel Fleet Channel Squadron br China Station br Commander in Chief, Plymouth Plymouth Command branch Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 23px RoyalNavy unit battles Crimean War br Battles for Shimonoseki Bombardment of Shimonoseki awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath laterwork Admiral RoyalNavy Admiral Sir William Montagu Dowell Order of the Bath GCB 2 August 1825 27 December 1912 was a RoyalNavyofficer who went on to be Commander in Chief, Plymouth . Naval career Dowell joined the RoyalNavy in 1839. ref name loney http www.pdavis.nl ShowBiog.php?id 1316 William Loney RN ref He served in the Black Sea during the Crimean War . ref name loney He was given command of HMS Hornet 1854 HMS Hornet and HMS Barossa 1860 HMS Barrosa and, in the latter ship, took part in the Battles for Shimonoseki Bombardment of Shimonoseki in 1863. ref name loney Later he commanded HMS Euryalus 1853 HMS Euryalus , HMS Topaze 1858 HMS ... he became President of the Royal British Female Orphan Asylum in Plymouth . ref http www.plymouthdata.info Orphanages Royal 20British.htm Plymouth Orphanages ref Family In 1855 he married Caroline ... more details
, GCH 1770 1845 his grandson Admiral of the Fleet George Martin RoyalNavyofficer Sir George Martin , GCB, GCMG 1764 1847 References reflist s start s mil succession box title Admiral of the Fleet RoyalNavy Admiral of the Fleet before George Anson, 1st Baron Anson Lord Anson after Edward Hawke, 1st ... MPs 1747 1754 Category British MPs 1754 1761 Category RoyalNavy admirals of the fleet Category RoyalNavy personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession fr William Rowley amiral ... allegiance flag Kingdom of Great Britain serviceyears rank Admiral of the Fleet RoyalNavy Admiral of the Fleet branch navy Kingdom of Great Britain commands HMS Bideford 1711 HMS Bideford br HMS Lively ... awards Knight of the Order of the Bath relations Admiral of the Fleet RoyalNavy Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Rowley Order of the Bath KB c. 1690 1 January 1768 was a British naval commander ..., Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty in 1751 and Admiral of the Fleet RoyalNavy Admiral of the Fleet ... Edward Hawke s end First Sea Lord Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Rowley William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION RoyalNavy admiral of the fleet DATE OF BIRTH 1690 PLACE OF BIRTH ...Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military person name Sir William Rowley birth date 1690 death date 1 January 1768 image File Williamrowley.jpg caption Sir William Rowley birth place death place nickname ... . Naval career Born the second son of William Rowley and his wife, Elizabeth Dawson, Rowley joined the RoyalNavy as a volunteer in 1704. ref name odnb http www.oxforddnb.com view article 24228?docPos 2 William Rowley at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ref Promoted to Captain RoyalNavy Captain in 1716, he was given command of HMS Bideford 1711 HMS Bideford and then transferred to HMS ... and is presumed to have been buried at Stoke by Nayland in Suffolk . ref name odnb Family William Rowley ... p20753.htm i207528 The Peerage ref Several of his descendants reached high positions in the Navy ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military person name William Gordon birth date 1785 death date 3 February 1858 birth place death place allegiance flagicon United Kingdom United Kingdom serviceyears rank Vice Admiral RoyalNavy Vice Admiral branch Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 22px RoyalNavy commands Commander in Chief, The Nore Nore Command unit battles awards laterwork Vice Admiral RoyalNavy Vice Admiral William Gordon 1785 3 February 1858 ref name rayment rayment hc a 1 date March 2012 ref was a Scottish naval commander and Tory British political party Tory ref name stooks smith politician. Naval career Gordon was the second son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo , son of George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen . ref name peerage http thepeerage.com p33508.htm The Peerage.com ref His mother was Charlotte, daughter of William Baird, ref name peerage while Prime Minister George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen , and Robert Gordon diplomat Sir Robert Gordon were his brothers. He joined the RoyalNavy in 1797 and went on to be Fourth Sea Lord Fourth Naval Lord from 1841 to 1846 and Commander in Chief, The Nore from 1854 to 1857. ref name peerage He was elected at a by election in September 1820 as the Member of Parliament MP for Aberdeenshire UK Parliament constituency Aberdeenshire , ref name stooks smith cite book last Stooks Smith first Henry. editor Craig, F ... Josceline Percy RoyalNavyofficer Josceline Percy after Edward Harvey Sir Edward Harvey end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION RoyalNavy admiral DATE OF BIRTH 1785 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 3 February 1858 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gordon, William Category 1785 births Category 1858 deaths Category Lords of the Admiralty Category RoyalNavy admirals Category Tory MPs pre 1834 Category Conservative Party UK MPs Category Members ... ref References reflist External links Hansard contribs hon william gordon William Gordon s start ... more details
Persondata . NAME Owen, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1737 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1778 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Owen, William Category 1737 births Category 1778 deaths Category RoyalNavy officers Canada hist stub ...Use dmy dates date April 2012 William Owen 1737 1778 , born in Wales , of a family of Welsh gentry, was a member of the RoyalNavy and lost an arm from a wound suffered during the Seven Years War . Not content with the half pension he was receiving, he served as an impress officer. After the war, Owen contacted a former fellow officer, Lord William Campbell , who had recently been appointed governor of Nova Scotia . Late in 1766, Owen travelled with Campbell to City of Halifax Halifax . The following year, as payment for his work in aide of Campbell, he was awarded a large parcel of land. The grant, which included three of his nephews as grantees, was Passamaquoddy Outer Island in Passamaquoddy Bay . In 1770, Owen renamed the island Campobello Island after Lord Campbell he also took into account the Italian language Italian meaning, fair field , of the new name. Owen was killed in Madras, India while carrying dispatches from India to England. In the 1770s, Owen wrote two volumes of his Narratives , the first of which covered the period from his joining the RoyalNavy in May 1751 to his return to England in July 1761 after service in the East Indies for much of the Seven Years War. This Narrative is due to be published editor Andrew Constantine for the first time in 2011. The second volume of the Narrative is a lesser work, and was published in 1942 and covers the creation of Campobello. Owen left on his death two surviving natural sons via Sarah Haslam latter named Sarah Bagshaw . His eldest son was Edward William Campbell Rich Owen and his younger son was William Fitzwilliam ... after him in Quay Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, called The William Owen, owned by JD ... more details
time that he appears in the historical record is in 1766, when he joined the RoyalNavy ship ... of the Napoleonic Wars Category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Category RoyalNavy admirals ...Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military person name Sir William Mitchell birth date c. 1745 death date 7 March 1816 birth place death place Camberwell , Surrey image caption nickname allegiance flagicon United Kingdom United Kingdom serviceyears rank Vice Admiral branch Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 22px RoyalNavy commands unit battles American Revolutionary War br French Revolutionary Wars br Battle of Camperdown br Napoleonic Wars awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath laterwork Sir William Mitchell, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB c. 1745 &ndash 7 March 1816 was an officer of the British RoyalNavy during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Mitchell is best known for rising from humble origins to high rank, having joined the Navy in 1766 as an able seaman and died in 1816 as a vice admiral. His service was highly varied, including ... been discovered. Life Nothing is known of William Mitchell s birth, youth or childhood, other than ... circumnavigation of the world between 1766 and 1768. He then disappears from Navy records, not reappearing ... Patrick O Brian coauthors year month title Mitchell, Sir William journal Oxford Dictionary of National ... 22 January 2010 quote ref In November 1781 he went before a Navy board and was confirmed in the rank ... of Mitchell from Navy records between 1768 and 1777. ref name ODNB Notes reflist References cite journal ... William journal Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , ODNBsub volume issue pages id url http www.oxforddnb.com view article 37775 accessdate 22 January 2010 quote Persondata NAME Mitchell, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British RoyalNavyofficer DATE OF BIRTH c. 1745 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 7 March 1816 PLACE OF DEATH Camberwell , Surrey DEFAULTSORT Mitchell, William Category ... more details
. References reflist DNB wstitle Fisher, William 1780 1852 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fisher, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION RoyalNavyofficer during the French ...distinguish William Wordsworth Fisher Use British English date March 2012 Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military person name William Fisher image caption birth date Birth date 1780 11 18 df y death date Death date and age 1852 09 30 1780 11 18 df y birth place death place London placeofburial placeofburial label placeofburial coordinates Coord LAT LONG display inline,title nickname birth name allegiance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom of br Great Britain and Ireland branch File Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 23px RoyalNavy serviceyears 1795 &ndash 1852 rank Rear admiral RoyalNavy Rear Admiral servicenumber unit commands Plainlist HMS Racehorse 1806 6 HMS Bann 1814 6 HMS Cherub 1806 6 HMS Asia 1824 6 battles French Revolutionary Wars French campaign in Egypt and Syria Campaign in Egypt and Syria Napoleonic Wars Trafalgar Campaign Egyptian Ottoman War 1839 1841 Egyptian Ottoman War battles label awards relations laterwork signature William Fisher 18 November 1780 30 September 1852 , was an officer of the RoyalNavy and a novelist. Fisher was the second son of John Fisher of Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , was born on 18 November 1780, and entered the navy in 1795. After serving in the North Sea , at the Cape of Good Hope , and in the Mediterranean ... of the Egyptian Ottoman War 1839 1841 Egyptian Ottoman War , was employed as senior officer of the detached ..., naval historian John Knox Laughton wrote A man who had been so long in the navy during a very stirring ... 30 September 1852 PLACE OF DEATH London DEFAULTSORT Fisher, William Category 1780 births Category ... Category British naval personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Category People from Norfolk Category RoyalNavy admirals ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Other persons William Johnson Unreferenced date December 2009 Captain William Johnson was born in Chirnside , Scotland on 19 September 1784. He was a second lieutenant on HMS Blake 1808 HMS Blake and retired with the title of Captain RoyalNavy Captain . When he entered the Navy in 1801 he dropped the t and e from his last name which was previously Johnstone. He later founded the town of Pefferlaw , Ontario , Canada . He died on 28 March 1851. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Johnson, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1784 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1851 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Johnson, William Category 1784 births Category 1851 deaths Category Scottish emigrants to pre Confederation Ontario Category RoyalNavy officers ... more details
s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Loring, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION RoyalNavy admiral DATE OF BIRTH 31 October 1811 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 4 January 1895 PLACE OF DEATH Ryde , Isle of Wight DEFAULTSORT Loring, William Category 1811 births Category 1895 deaths Category RoyalNavy admirals Category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Category People ...Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military person name Sir William Loring birth date 31 October 1811 death date Death date and age 1895 01 04 1811 10 31 df yes birth place death place Ryde , Isle of Wight image caption allegiance UK branch RoyalNavy serviceyears rank Admiral commands Australia Station 1860&ndash 1862 battles awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath laterwork Admiral Sir William Loring , Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 31 October 1811 4 January 1895 was a senior officer in the RoyalNavy . He was the first Commander in Chief of the Australia Station from 26 March 1859 until 10 March 1860. ref Bastock, p.25. ref He was also the Rear Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard between 1870 and 1871. Naval career Born on 31 October 1811, the son of Admiral Sir John Wentworth Loring . He attended school at Twyford School , Hampshire before joining the RoyalNavy in July 1826. ref name W.Loring cite web url http www.pdavis.nl ShowBiog.php?id 739 title William Loring R.N. accessdate 29 March 2010 ref He was promoted to Lieutenant on 26 February 1836, and Commander on 27 August 1841. He served as Commander on HMS Scout 1832 HMS Scout on the East Indies Station in 1846. Promoted to Captain on 31 January 1848, he later received command of HMS Furious 1850 HMS Furious in 1852 on the Mediterranean Station and in 1854 participated in the Black Sea during the Crimean War . ref name W.Loring Later serving aboard HMS Iris 1840 HMS Iris on the East Indies Station from 24 December 1856, he was later appointed the first Commander in Chief of the Australia ... more details
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