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William Peacock

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service12.6.1776CSORN
Last Known Service3.1.1783CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
12.6.1776		Lieutenant	CSORN
22.7.1778		Commander	CSORN
22.7.1778	4.9.1778	Comet (10) 1777-1778 British 10 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/436	ADM 6/21
4.9.1778	27.1.1780	Childers (10) 1778-1811 British 10 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/449	BWAS-1714
27.1.1780		Captain	CSORN
27.1.1780	9.10.1780	Diligent (70) 1780-1784 British 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/117 Issued by Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet )British Naval Sailor Service 1740-1782 , Barbados Confirmed 24.4.1780	ADM 6/22
9.10.1780	29.10.1782	Carysfort (28) 1766-1813 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/180	BWAS-1714

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IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/21 Archive

ADM 6/22 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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

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Posted by Bob Brooks on Saturday 2nd of January 2016 17:43

From HMS Carysfort, he took command of HMS L'Aigle, 5th/38,(ex-French, taken prize and commissioned 26 Oct 1782) at New York where he died 13 Dec 1782. His will [actually two letters] were proven at the PCC on 13 June 1783 with his brother Pryce Peacock residuary Legatee.

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