Nicholas Dobree (1732-1800)
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1795-1799
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Nicholas Dobree
Nationality
British
Roles
Naval Sailor, Ship Owner
Date of Birth
6.7.1732
-
St Peter Port
ref:719
First Known Service
28.5.1745
ref:911
A.K.A.
Dobrée
ref:911
Father
Nicholas Dobree (1703-1745)
ref:719
Mother
Elizabeth Le Marchant (1703-1737)
ref:719
Wife
Susannah Elizabeth Le Pelly (1715-1767)
ref:719
Wife
Elizabeth Gilchrist - Married
25.4.1769
,
Southampton
ref:719
Daughter
Elizabeth Dobree (1753-1806)
ref:719
Son
Daniel Dobree
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1778-1802
ref:719
Son
Nicolas Pierre Dobree (1755-1843)
ref:719
Son
Augustus Frederick Dobree (1760-1801)
ref:719
Last Known Service
1758
ref:911
Date of Death
19.11.1800
-
St Peter Port
ref:911
Ships Owned
From
To
Vessel
Source
2.10.1756
5.1757
Boscawen (16)
1756-1757
British 16 Gun
Privateer
Unknown
9.12.1756
1757
Guernsey (20)
1756-1757
British 20 Gun
Privateer
Unknown
1757
1757
Revenge (10)
1757-1757
British 10 Gun
Privateer
Unknown
22.3.1757
1757
Temeraire (4)
1757-1757
British 4 Gun
Privateer
Unknown
24.3.1757
1757
Hazard (8)
1757-1757
British 8 Gun
Privateer
Unknown
13.12.1757
1757
Lottery (6)
1757-1757
British 6 Gun
Privateer
Unknown
Event History
Date from
Date to
Event
Source
28.5.1745
c.1748
Royal Naval Academy (Unarmed)
1733-1837
British Unarmed Gun
Shore
Unknown
1806 Renamed "Royal Navy College"
,
Scholar
ADM 6/16/485
ADM 6/16
Notes on Officer
Name
HCA26
Nicolas Dobree the younger ??
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
ADM 6/16
ADM 6/16 Commission and Warrant Book 1742 Jan 4 - 1745 Sept 18
Archive
HCA26
HCA 26 1689-1809 High Court of Admiralty
Authority
,
Web Site
ref:719
Ancestry.com
Family History
ref:911
Mariner's Mirror Vol 080 - The Profits of Privateering: A Guernsey Fleet, 1756–1762
Peter Raban
,
Periodical
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