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Sir Robert Moorsom


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth8.6.1760 - Whitby NAO
First Known Service5.1.1784NAO
FatherRichard Moorsom (1729 - 1809)NAO
MotherMary Ward (1729-1816)NAO
WifeEleanor Scarth (1765 - 1828)NAO
SonWilliam Scarth MoorsomNAO
Son
Constantine Richard MoorsomBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1812-1824
NAO
SonHenry Robert MoorsomNAO
Last Known Service27.5.1825NAO
Date of Death14.4.1835 - CosgroveNAO

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
5.1.1784 LieutenantCSORN
15.11.1789 CommanderADM 6/24
15.11.178928.10.1790
Ariel (16) 1781-1802
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/105
Issued by
The Hon. William CornwallisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1755-1807
, East Indies
Confirmed 29.1.1791
BWAS-1714
22.11.1790 CaptainCSORN
22.11.1790 
Grana (24) 1781-1806
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/88
ADM 6/24
6.4.179319.6.1793
Niger (32) 1759-1814
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1813 Renamed "Negro"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/226
BWAS-1714
26.8.179323.5.1794
Astraea (32) 1781-1808
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/263
BWAS-1714
4.179511.1795
Hindostan (56) 1795-1804
British 56 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
12.4.18051.1806
Revenge (74) 1805-1849
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
NAO
21.10.1805 Battle of Trafalgar 
18101815Appointed Surveyor-general of the OrdinanceE-WIKI
22.11.1810 Rear-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
1.8.1811 Rear-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
12.8.1812 Rear-Admiral of the RedCSORN
4.6.1814 Vice-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
2.1.1815 Created 1st Knight Commander of the Order of the BathTKE1
12.8.1819 Vice-Admiral of the WhiteE-WIKI
16.5.1822 Married EleanorNAO
18241827Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The NoreE-WIKI
27.5.1825 Vice-Admiral of the RedE-WIKI

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