Philip Affleck (1726-1799)

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Philip Affleck

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth1726 - Dalham Hall, Suffolk ODNB
First Known Service1743ODNB
FatherGilbert Affleck (1684?–1764)ODNB
MotherAnna DolbenODNB
Nephewref:676
BrotherODNB
Last Known Servicec.10.9.1799ODNB
Date of Death22.12.1799 - Bath ODNB
Will Probated11.1.1800, PROB 11/1335/102

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1743	1747	HEIC Service	ADM 107/4
9.4.1755		Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/4/301	RNLPC
3.5.1755		Lieutenant	ADM 6/18
1.8.1758		Commander	CSORN
1.8.1758	31.7.1759	Gramont (18) 1757-1762 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/54 Issued by The Hon. Edward BoscawenBritish Naval Sailor Ship Owner Administrator Marine Service 1726-1759 , North America Confirmed 6.4.1759	BWAS-1714
1.8.1759	20.8.1759	Terror (8) 1759-1774 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/118	ADM 6/19
20.8.1759		Captain	CSORN
20.8.1759	4.10.1759	Namur (90) 1756-1804 British 90 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/95 Issued by The Hon. Edward BoscawenBritish Naval Sailor Ship Owner Administrator Marine Service 1726-1759 , North America Confirmed 19.9.1759	ADM 6/19
8.11.1759	30.4.1761	Panther (60) 1758-1813 British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/110	BWAS-1714
3.5.1761	18.7.1763	Baleine (20) 1760-1767 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/62 Issued by Charles SteevensBritish Naval Sailor Ship Owner Service 1729-1743 , East Indies Confirmed 15.12.1764	BWAS-1714
18.7.1763	9.6.1767	Argo (28) 1758-1776 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/216 Issued by Samuel CornishBritish Naval Sailor Service 1727-1770 , East Indies Confirmed 6.10.1768	BWAS-1714
29.10.1778	13.5.1781	Triumph (74) 1764-1850 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/464	BWAS-1714
15.5.1780		Action of March 15 1780
19.5.1780		Action of March 19 1780
12.5.1781		Appointed First Captain ADM 6/22/342 to Admiral Rodney in the Leeward Islands. Confirmed 22.9.1781	ADM 6/22
2.10.1782	15.4.1783	Triumph (74) 1764-1850 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/253	BWAS-1714
15.4.1783	11.9.1784	Triumph (74) 1764-1850 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/51	ADM 6/23
24.9.1787		Rear-Admiral of the Blue	CSORN
11.2.1789	1793	Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Jamaica ADM 6/23/510	ADM 6/23
22.3.1789	27.7.1792	Centurion (50) 1774-1824 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue,	BWAS-1714
21.9.1790		Rear-Admiral of the White	CSORN
1.2.1793		Vice-Admiral of the Blue	CSORN
26.4.1793	6.3.1795	Appointed Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty	OHMB4
12.4.1794		Vice-Admiral of the White	CSORN
4.7.1794		Vice-Admiral of the Red	CSORN
1.6.1795		Admiral of the Blue	CSORN
24.12.1798	c.10.9.1799	Canopus (80) 1798-1887 British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Admiral of the Blue,	BWAS-1793
14.2.1799		Admiral of the White	CSORN

Notes on Officer

Previous ServiceODNB

Had sailed for the East India Company before joining the Royal Navy

Date of birthODNB

He is the younger brother of Sir Edmund Affleck who was born in April 1725, but his passing certificate states he was 34 in 1755.

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 107/4 Archive

ADM 6/18 Archive

ADM 6/19 Archive

ADM 6/22 Archive

ADM 6/23 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

ODNBOxford University Press, Web Site

OHMB4J.C. Sainty, Web Site

RNLPCBruno Pappalardo, Book

ref:676 Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Carol on Tuesday 23rd of February 2021 11:31

He was born 2 May and baptised 12 May 1726 at Finedon, Northants, acccording to the Finedon parish register.

Posted by Brian on Saturday 24th of May 2014 17:40

The Gentleman's magazine. v.86 1799.
At Bathe, in his 74th year, Philip Affleck, esq., admiral of the White; a zealous and brave officer; a firm advocate, both in theory and practice, for the Christian religion; an honest man, and a faithfully affectionate friend. He was made Captain in 1759, rear-admiral in 1787, vice-admiral in 1793, and full admiral in 1795.

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