Marriot Arbuthnot (1711-1794)

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Marriot Arbuthnot

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth1711 - Weymouth ODNB
Baptism6.3.1711/12 - Wyke Regis, Weymouth ref:844
First Known Service27.3.1726ODNB
A.K.A.Marriot ArbuthnottODNB
FatherRobert Arbuthnotref:676
MotherSarah Buryref:676
WifeMartha Taver - Married 25.7.1745 - Fleet, Dorset ODNB
SonJohn Arbuthnot (d.1810)ref:844
SonCharles Arbuthnotref:844
Last Known Service1.2.1793ODNB
Date of Death31.1.1794 - 13 Leicester Square, London TRN3
Burial19.2.1794 - Wyke Regis, Dorset ref:719

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
27.3.1726	26.4.1728	Prince Frederick (70) 1714-1736 British 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1715 Renamed "Prince Frederick" , Volunteer ADM 107/3/344	ADM 107/3
25.4.1733	5.11.1733	Princess Amelia (80) 1726-1752 British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1727 Renamed "Princess Amelia" , Midshipman ADM 107/3/344	ADM 107/3
6.11.1733	29.12.1734	Princess Louisa (40) 1728-1736 British 40 Gun 5th Rate Ship , Midshipman ADM 107/3/344	ADM 107/3
30.12.1734	28.8.1735	Winchelsea (20) 1708-1735 British 20 Gun 5th Rate Ship , Midshipman ADM 107/3/344	ADM 107/3
1.3.1735/36	26.6.1736	Litchfield (50) 1730-1744 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Midshipman ADM 107/3/344	ADM 107/3
28.6.1736	21.7.1736	Litchfield (50) 1730-1744 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Able Seaman ADM 107/3/344	ADM 107/3
22.8.1737	8.9.1737	Argyll (50) 1722-1748 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Able Seaman ADM 107/3/344	ADM 107/3
9.9.1737	29.7.1738	Argyll (50) 1722-1748 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Midshipman ADM 107/3/344	ADM 107/3
30.7.1738	27.11.1738	Argyll (50) 1722-1748 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Acting Lieutenant ADM 6/15/344	ADM 107/3
20.12.1738	29.5.1739	Argyll (50) 1722-1748 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Midshipman ADM 107/3/344	ADM 107/3
30.5.1739	18.8.1739	Portland (50) 1723-1744 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Master's Mate ADM 107/3/344	ADM 107/3
18.8.1739		Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/344	RNLPC
21.8.1739		Lieutenant	ADM 6/15
21.8.1739	5.8.1740	Tiger (50) 1722-1742 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/15/212	ADM 6/15
6.8.1740	27.12.1743	Guernsey (50) 1740-1786 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line 1769 Renamed "Guernsey Hulk" , Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/15/319	ADM 6/15
28.12.1743	26.1.1744/45	Somerset (80) 1731-1746 British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Fourth Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/16/433 Issued by Thomas MathewsBritish Naval Sailor Service 1695-1749 , The Mediterranean Sea Confirmed 29.1.1744/45	ADM 6/16
10.2.1743/44	11.2.1743/44	Battle of Toulon
25.6.1746		Commander	BWAS-1714
25.6.1746	22.6.1747	Jamaica (10) 1744-1770 British 10 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/120	BWAS-1793
22.6.1747		Captain	TRN3
22.6.1747	12.10.1749	Triton (20) 1745-1758 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/239	BWAS-1714
12.10.1749	7.12.1752	Nightingale (22) 1746-1783 British 22 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/499	BWAS-1714
5.6.1754	20.12.1757	Garland (24) 1748-1783 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/103	BWAS-1714
15.11.1758	5.10.1761	Portland (50) 1744-1763 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/4	BWAS-1714
18.8.1759	19.8.1759	Battle of Lagos Bay
20.11.1759		Battle of Quiberon Bay
5.10.1761	11.11.1761	Modeste (64) 1759-1800 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/354	ADM 6/19
11.11.1761	20.9.1763	Orford (68) 1749-1783 British 68 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/362	BWAS-1714
6.6.1762	13.8.1762	Operations against Havana
20.10.1770	28.9.1773	Terrible (74) 1762-1781 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/303	BWAS-1714
15.8.1775	5.1776	Appointed Resident Commissioner at Halifax ADM 6/21/115	ODNB
26.4.1776	6.1778	Appointed Governor of Nova Scotia	ODNB
23.1.1778		Rear-Admiral of the White	TRN3
22.2.1779	4.1781	Appointed Commander-in-Chief — North America ADM 6/21/513	ADM 6/21
19.3.1779		Vice-Admiral of the Blue	ADM 6/21
1.1780	5.1780	Operations against Charleston
4.1780	1781	Roebuck (44) 1774-1811 British 44 Gun 5th Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue,	BWAS-1714
26.9.1780		Vice-Admiral of the White	TRN3
1781	6.1781	Royal Oak (74) 1769-1815 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1805 Renamed "Assistance" , as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the White,	BWAS-1714
16.3.1781		Battle of Cape Henry
14.4.1781		Action of 1781-04-14
6.1781		Sailed for England and half-pay retirement.	ODNB
24.9.1787		Vice-Admiral of the Red	TRN3
1.2.1793		Admiral of the Blue	TRN3

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 107/3 Archive

ADM 6/15 Archive

ADM 6/16 Archive

ADM 6/19 Archive

ADM 6/21 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

ODNBOxford University Press, Web Site

RNLPCBruno Pappalardo, Book

TRN3William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

ref:676 Web Site

ref:719 Family History

ref:844 Family History

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Posted by Brian on Sunday 24th of January 2016 03:12

The Gentleman's Magazine, 1794, (Deaths) Jan. 31 - At his house in Great-Suffolk street, Charing-cross, in his 83rd year, Marriot Arbuthnot, esq. Admiral of the Blue. His last surviving son, who died a few years ago, married Elizabeth, the daughter of the Rev. Joseph Rumney, Vicar of Berwick upon Tweed. An amiable and beautiful young lady, to whom it is said, the Admiral has left his fortune.

Posted by Brian Stephens on Monday 7th of April 2014 20:00

Edinburgh Advertiser May 2, 1780
Extract of a letter from an officer in Admiral Arbuthnot's fleet, dated Charles-Town Bar, the 9th March.
We are in sight of the rebel flee, which is at anchor off Sullivan's Island. We expect to go in tomorrow with his Majesty's ships Renown, Romulus, Raleigh, Roebuck, Blonde, Perseus, Camilla, and the Germain armed ships. The rebel ships in sight are the Boston, Providence, Queen of France, Ranger, and Notre Dame with the Bricole of 20 twenty-four pounders, the Chamier frigate of 32 guns, and another ship of 20 guns. The last three are French. We are just now going over the bar. Our army will have a battery of 40 pieces of cannon against Charles-Town tomorrow.

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