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Sir Hugh Palliser (1st Baronet)


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth26.2.1721/22 - Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire TRN3
First Known Service3.5.1735TRN3
FatherHugh Palliser (1671-?)CCSU
MotherMary Robinson (1693-?)CCSU
WifeAnne ThomasCCSU
Illegitimate Son
George ThomasBritish
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Dockyard Staff
Service 1774-1820
CCSU
SisterRebecca [Walters]CCSU
SisterMaryCCSU
SisterAlice [Clough]CCSU
SisterUrsula [Fletcher] (1725-1796)CCSU
Last Known Service1779TRN3
Date of Death19.3.1796 - The Vache, Nr. Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire TRN3
Will Probated1.4.1796, PROB 10/7388/2

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
12.5.1741 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/425RNLPC
18.9.1741 LieutenantCSORN
25.11.1746 CaptainCSORN
25.11.17465.5.1748
Captain (70) 1743-1777
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1777 Renamed "Buffalo"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/175
BWAS-1714
bef.21.12.17476.5.1748
Sutherland (50) 1741-1770
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
20.12.174810.5.1750
Sheerness (24) 1743-1768
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/424
ADM 6/17
31.3.175317.9.1755
Seahorse (24) 1748-1784
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/64
BWAS-1714
17.9.175515.2.1758
Eagle (60) 1745-1767
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/194
BWAS-1714
30.5.1757 Action of 30 May 1757 
7.3.17582.3.1763
Shrewsbury (74) 1758-1783
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/493
BWAS-1714
5.6.175812.6.1758Raid on Saint-Malo 
6.17599.1759Seige of Quebec 
13.3.17644.3.1766
Guernsey (50) 1740-1786
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1769 Renamed "Guernsey Hulk"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/15
BWAS-1714
30.4.1764 Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Newfoundland ADM 6/20/24ADM 6/20
17651769Appointed Governor of NewfoundlandHPO
5.3.1766 Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Newfoundland ADM 6/20/110ADM 6/20
2.4.17665.1.1769
Guernsey (50) 1740-1786
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1769 Renamed "Guernsey Hulk"
, as Flag Officer, Commodore,
BWAS-1714
6.8.177012.4.1775Appointed Comptroller of the NavyOHMB7
6.8.1773 Created 1st BaronetHPO
3.10.17742.1779Elected a Member of Parliament for ScarboroughHPO
31.3.1775 Rear-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
12.4.177522.4.1779Appointed Lord Commissioner of the AdmiraltyOHMB
7.12.1775 Rear-Admiral of the WhiteADM 6/21
23.1.1778 Rear-Admiral of the RedCSORN
29.1.1778 Vice-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
29.1.17781779
Ocean (90) 1761-1791
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue, ADM 107/1/259
BWAS-1714
2.17781779
Formidable (98) 1777-1813
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue, ADM 107/1/259
BWAS-1714
27.7.1778 Commanded the Rear at the 1st Battle of Ushant 
20.9.178019.3.1796Appointed Governor of Greenwich Hospital at Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich ADM 73/36/2058ADM 73/36
26.9.1780 Vice-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
20.11.178031.3.1784Elected a Member of Parliament for HuntingdonHPO
24.9.1787 Admiral of the BlueADM 6/23
1.2.1793 Admiral of the WhiteCSORN

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