2017-08-02T17:45:01+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true Bartholomew Rowley, Philemon Pownoll, Lawrence Halsted, Ralph Willett Miller, Sir Robert Kingsmill, 1st Baronet, John Perkins (Royal Navy officer), Charles Powell Hamilton, John Colpoys, Augustus Brine, John Barclay (Royal Marines officer), John Dalrymple (Royal Navy officer), John Halsted, John Hutt (Royal Navy officer), John Knight (Royal Navy officer), Joseph Sydney Yorke, Jonathan Faulknor the elder, Sir Isaac Coffin, 1st Baronet, Sir Richard Onslow, 1st Baronet, Eliab Harvey, Richard Dacres (Royal Navy officer), William Taylor (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Saxton, 1st Baronet, Solomon Ferris, Joseph Bullen, David Milne (Royal Navy officer), Sir Charles Knowles, 2nd Baronet, Alexander Hood (Royal Navy officer), Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, George Duff, George Eyre, George Farmer (Royal Navy officer), George Montagu (Royal Navy officer), George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway, George Vandeput, George Wilson (Royal Navy officer), Pulteney Malcolm, William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, John Bazely, Philip Affleck, Philip Charles Durham, William Charles Fahie, William Hargood, William Peere Williams-Freeman, Benjamin Hallowell Carew, Herbert Sawyer, Richard Rodney Bligh, Robert Dudley Oliver, Robert Linzee, Robert Mends, Robert Plampin, Graham Moore (admiral), Arthur Phillip, Mark Robinson (Royal Navy officer), George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, Hugh Palliser, Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, Robert Carthew Reynolds, Charles Bullen, Charles Cunningham, Christopher Cole (Royal Navy officer), Lord Robert Manners (Royal Navy officer), Lord William Campbell, David Cowan (politician), Edmund Nagle, Edward Foote, Edward O'Bryen, Edward Sneyd Clay, Edward Stirling Dickson, Edward Thornbrough, Hugh Cloberry Christian, James Athol Wood, James Coutts Crawford, James Malcolm (Royal Marines officer), James Nicoll Morris, Samuel Goodall, Samuel Warren (Royal Navy officer) flashcards
Royal Navy personnel of the American Revolutionary War

Royal Navy personnel of the American Revolutionary War

  • Bartholomew Rowley
    Admiral Sir Bartholomew Samuel Rowley (10 June 1764 – 7 October 1811) was a British naval officer who served during the American, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  • Philemon Pownoll
    Philemon Pownoll (c. 1734 – 15 June 1780) of Sharpham in the parish of Ashprington in Devon, England, was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, rising to the rank of post-captain.
  • Lawrence Halsted
    Sir Lawrence William Halsted GCB (2 April 1764 – 22 April 1841) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  • Ralph Willett Miller
    Ralph Willett Miller (24 January 1762 – 14 May 1799) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
  • Sir Robert Kingsmill, 1st Baronet
    Sir Robert Brice Kingsmill, 1st Baronet (1730 – 23 November 1805) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in a career that spanned nearly 60 years.
  • John Perkins (Royal Navy officer)
    Captain John Perkins (died 27 January 1812), nicknamed Jack Punch, was a British Royal Navy officer.
  • Charles Powell Hamilton
    Charles Powell Hamilton (26 December 1747 – 12 March 1825) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral.
  • John Colpoys
    Admiral Sir John Colpoys, GCB (c. 1742 – 4 April 1821) was an officer of the British Royal Navy who served in three wars but is most notable for being one of the catalysts of the Spithead Mutiny in 1797 after ordering his marines to fire on a deputation of mutinous sailors.
  • Augustus Brine
    Augustus Brine (1769 – 28 January 1840) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  • John Barclay (Royal Marines officer)
    General John Barclay (1741 – November 1823) was a senior officer in the Royal Marines during the mid to late eighteenth century.
  • John Dalrymple (Royal Navy officer)
    Rear Admiral John Dalrymple (fl. 1744 - d. 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
  • John Halsted
    For the 19th-century New York state senator, see John B.
  • John Hutt (Royal Navy officer)
    Captain John Hutt (1746 – 30 June 1794) was an officer of the British Royal Navy who served with distinction during the American Revolutionary War and died in 1794 from severe wounds received during the battle of the Glorious First of June, the first major naval battle of the French Revolutionary Wars.
  • John Knight (Royal Navy officer)
    Sir John Knight, KCB (bap. 21 February 1747 – 16 June 1831) was a senior British Royal Navy officer during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries most noted for his activities as a post captain during the American and French Revolutionary Wars.
  • Joseph Sydney Yorke
    Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke KCB (6 June 1768 – 5 May 1831) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
  • Jonathan Faulknor the elder
    Jonathan Faulknor (fl. 1744 – 24 June 1795) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary Wars, in a career which spanned fifty years.
  • Sir Isaac Coffin, 1st Baronet
    Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, 1st Baronet, GCH (16 May 1759 – 23 July 1839) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  • Sir Richard Onslow, 1st Baronet
    Sir Richard Onslow, 1st Baronet, GCB (23 June 1741 – 27 December 1817) was an English naval officer who played a distinguished role at the Battle of Camperdown.
  • Eliab Harvey
    Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey GCB (5 December 1758 – 20 February 1830) was an eccentric and hot-tempered officer of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars who was as distinguished for his gambling and dueling as for his military record.
  • Richard Dacres (Royal Navy officer)
    Sir Richard Dacres GCH (September 1761 – 22 January 1837) was an officer of the British Royal Navy who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  • William Taylor (Royal Navy officer)
    William Taylor (1760 – 19 July 1842) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  • Sir Charles Saxton, 1st Baronet
    Sir Charles Saxton, 1st Baronet (1732 – November 1808) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, rising to the rank of captain.
  • Solomon Ferris
    Solomon Ferris (c. 1748 – May 1803) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  • Joseph Bullen
    Admiral Joseph Bullen (14 April 1761–17 July 1857) was an officer of the British Royal Navy who served during the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  • David Milne (Royal Navy officer)
    Admiral Sir David Milne, GCB, RN (May 1763 – 5 May 1845) was a Royal Navy admiral.
  • Sir Charles Knowles, 2nd Baronet
    Sir Charles Henry Knowles, 2nd Baronet, GCB (24 August 1754 – 28 November 1831) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral.
  • Alexander Hood (Royal Navy officer)
    Captain Alexander Hood (23 April 1758 – 2 April 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy, one of several members of the Hood family to serve at sea including his brother Sir Samuel Hood who were both sponsored into the Royal Navy by their cousins once removed Viscount Hood and Alexander Hood.
  • Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet
    Admiral Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, KCB (20 January 1755 – 24 February 1824) was a long-serving and at the time controversial officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive service in his career, but also courted controversy with several of his actions.
  • George Duff
    Captain George Duff RN (c. 1 February 1764 – 21 October 1805) was a British naval officer during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, who was killed by a cannonball at the Battle of Trafalgar.
  • George Eyre
    Sir George Eyre KCB KCMG (d. 15 February 1839) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Vice-Admiral of the Red.
  • George Farmer (Royal Navy officer)
    George Farmer (1732 – 6 October 1779) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
  • George Montagu (Royal Navy officer)
    Admiral Sir George Montagu (12 December 1750 – 24 December 1829) was a Royal Navy officer, the second son of Admiral John Montagu, and the brother of Captain James Montagu and Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Montagu.
  • George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway
    Admiral George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway KT (24 March 1768 – 27 March 1834), styled Lord Garlies between 1773 and 1806, was a British naval commander and politician.
  • George Vandeput
    Admiral George Vandeput (Died 14 March 1800) was an English naval officer, the illegitimate son of Sir George Vandeput, 2nd Baronet (c.1717 – 17 June 1784) and an unknown mother.
  • George Wilson (Royal Navy officer)
    George Wilson (4 March 1756 – 6 March 1826) was an officer in the Royal Navy who saw service in the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  • Pulteney Malcolm
    Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm GCB GCMG (20 February 1768 – 20 July 1838) was a British naval officer.
  • William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk
    Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk GCB (19 April 1758 – 28 May 1831) was born at Bruntsfield in Edinburgh to Admiral George Carnegie, 6th Earl of Northesk and Anne Melville.
  • John Bazely
    Admiral John Bazely (March 1740 – 22 April 1809) was an experienced and highly respected officer of the British Royal Navy who served in three wars and saw numerous actions, notably during the American War of Independence.
  • Philip Affleck
    Philip Affleck (c. 1726 – 21 December 1799) was an admiral in the Royal Navy.
  • Philip Charles Durham
    Admiral Sir Philip Charles Calderwood Henderson Durham, GCB (29 July 1763 – 2 April 1845) was a Royal Navy officer whose service in the American War of Independence, French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic Wars was lengthy, distinguished and at times controversial.
  • William Charles Fahie
    Vice-Admiral Sir William Charles Fahie KCB (1763 – 11 January 1833) was a prominent British Royal Navy officer during the American War of Independence, French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars.
  • William Hargood
    Admiral Sir William Hargood GCH KCB (6 May 1762 – 12 December 1839) was a British naval officer who served with distinction through the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars, during which he gained an unfortunate reputation for bad luck, which seemed to reverse following his courageous actions at the battle of Trafalgar in command of HMS Belleisle.
  • William Peere Williams-Freeman
    Admiral of the Fleet William Peere Williams-Freeman (6 January 1742 – 11 February 1832) (born William Peere Williams) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
  • Benjamin Hallowell Carew
    Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew GCB, (born Benjamin Hallowell) (?1 January 1761 – 2 September 1834) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy.
  • Herbert Sawyer
    Admiral Sir Herbert Sawyer KCB (fl. 1783–1833) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American Revolution, the French Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the Napoleonic Wars.
  • Richard Rodney Bligh
    Admiral Sir Richard Rodney Bligh GCB (bap. 8 November 1737 – 30 April 1821) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral.
  • Robert Dudley Oliver
    Admiral Robert Dudley Oliver (31 October 1766 – 1 September 1850) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy during the early nineteenth century, who served in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars with distinction, seeing action several times during his career, particularly with the fleet in the Caribbean during 1782.
  • Robert Linzee
    Robert Linzee (1739 – 4 October 1804) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  • Robert Mends
    Captain Sir Robert Mends (c. 1767 – 4 September 1823) was a prominent British Royal Navy officer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, who lost an arm in the American War of Independence, caught in an explosion at the Battle of Groix in 1795 and wounded again at the Action of 6 April 1809.
  • Robert Plampin
    Vice-Admiral Robert Plampin (1762 – 14 February 1834), was a British Royal Navy officer during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, but best known for his time as commander of the British colony of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic during the period when former Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was imprisoned there.
  • Graham Moore (admiral)
    Admiral Sir Graham Moore, GCB GCMG (1764–1843) was a British sailor and a career officer in the Royal Navy.
  • Arthur Phillip
    Admiral Arthur Phillip RN (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a Royal Navy officer, the first Governor of New South Wales and led the colonisation of what is now Australia and founded the British penal colony that later became the city of Sydney, Australia.
  • Mark Robinson (Royal Navy officer)
    Admiral Mark Robinson (25 April 1722 – 23 November 1799) was an officer of the Royal Navy, one of several members of the Robinson family to serve at sea.
  • George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney
    George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, KB (bap. 13 February 1718 — 24 May 1792) was a British naval officer.
  • Hugh Palliser
    Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser, 1st Baronet (26 February 1723 – 19 March 1796) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War.
  • Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan
    Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1 July 1731 – 4 August 1804) was a Scottish admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown (north of Haarlem) on 11 October 1797.
  • Robert Carthew Reynolds
    Rear-Admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds (bap. 30 July 1745 – 24 December 1811) was a long serving and widely respected officer of the British Royal Navy who served in four separate major wars in a 52-year career.
  • Charles Bullen
    Sir Charles Bullen GCB KCH (10 September 1769 – 2 July 1853) was a highly efficient and successful naval officer who served in the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and distinguished himself at the Glorious First of June, the battle of Camperdown and the battle of Trafalgar.
  • Charles Cunningham
    Sir Charles Cunningham KCH (1755 – 11 March 1834) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.
  • Christopher Cole (Royal Navy officer)
    Captain Sir Christopher Cole KCB (10 June 1770 – 24 August 1836) was a prominent officer of the British Royal Navy who served in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
  • Lord Robert Manners (Royal Navy officer)
    Captain Lord Robert Manners (6 February 1758 – 23 April 1782) was an officer of the Royal Navy and nobleman, the second son of John Manners, Marquess of Granby and Lady Frances Seymour.
  • Lord William Campbell
    Lord William Campbell (July 11, 1730 – 4 September 1778) was from a Scottish family loyal to the British Crown.
  • David Cowan (politician)
    David Cowan (1742 – 24 September 1808) was a Scottish farmer, naval officer, ship's captain, ferry operator and political figure in Upper Canada.
  • Edmund Nagle
    Admiral Sir Edmund Nagle, KCB (1757 – 14 March 1830) was a Royal Navy officer of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries who is best known for his capture of the French frigate Révolutionnaire at the Action of 21 October 1794 and his close association with King George IV as a courtier from 1820 to his own death.
  • Edward Foote
    Vice-Admiral Sir Edward James Foote, KCB (20 April 1767 – 23 May 1833) was a prominent Royal Navy officer during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
  • Edward O'Bryen
    Rear-Admiral Edward O'Bryen (sometimes O'Brien) (c. 1753 – 18 December 1808) was a British Royal Navy officer prominent in the late eighteenth century, who is best known for his participation at the Nore Mutiny and the Battle of Camperdown, both in 1797 during the French Revolutionary Wars.
  • Edward Sneyd Clay
    Edward Sneyd Clay (c. 1768 – 3 February 1846) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  • Edward Stirling Dickson
    Vice-Admiral Edward Stirling Dickson (1765 – 28 January 1844) was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars.
  • Edward Thornbrough
    Admiral Sir Edward Thornbrough, GCB (27 July 1754 – 3 April 1834) was a senior, long-serving veteran officer of the British Royal Navy during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.
  • Hugh Cloberry Christian
    Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian KB (1747 – 23 November 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary Wars.
  • James Athol Wood
    Sir James Athol Wood CB (1756 – July 1829), was an officer of the Royal Navy.
  • James Coutts Crawford
    James Coutts Crawford (20 July 1760 – 10 May 1828) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
  • James Malcolm (Royal Marines officer)
    Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Malcolm, KCB, was a Scottish officer of the British Royal Marines who served in the American Revolutionary War, in the Napoleonic Wars, and with noteworthy distinction in the Americas during the War of 1812.
  • James Nicoll Morris
    Vice-Admiral Sir James Nicoll Morris KCB (1763 – 15 April 1830) was a Royal Navy officer with a history of distinguished service during the American War of Independence, French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic Wars, especially at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805, where the majority of his ship's crew were killed or injured, including Morris himself who was wounded in the knee.
  • Samuel Goodall
    Samuel Granston Goodall (died 21 April 1801) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars in a career that spanned 50 years, rising to the rank of Admiral of the White.
  • Samuel Warren (Royal Navy officer)
    Sir Samuel Warren KCB, KCH (9 January 1769 – 15 October 1839) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.