Robert Jocelyn (d.c.1806)

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Robert Jocelyn

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service21.7.1746CSORN
WifeElizabethPROB11
SonRobert Sainsbury JoselynPROB11
DaughterCaroline PROB11
Last Known Service20.6.1764CSORN
Date of Deathc.1806 - Stanstead Bury, Hertfordshire CSORN
Will Probated2.8.1806, PROB 11/1447/133

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
21.7.1746 LieutenantCSORN
21.7.174627.10.1746
Gosport (44) 1741-1768
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/17/297
Issued by
The Hon. Fitzroy Henry LeeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1748
, Barbados
Confirmed 17.12.1747		ADM 6/17
27.10.17468.2.1747/48
Gosport (44) 1741-1768
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/17/297
Issued by
The Hon. Fitzroy Henry LeeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1717-1748
, Barbados
Confirmed 17.12.1747		ADM 6/17
29.3.17482.4.1748
Scorpion (14) 1746-1762
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Lieutenant ADM 6/17/339		ADM 6/17
11.4.17495.2.1751/52
Shark (8) 1732-1755
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Midshipman Extra ADM 6/17/454		ADM 6/17
5.3.1751/5217.5.1756
Fowey (24) 1749-1781
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Lieutenant ADM 6/18/27		ADM 6/18
16.6.17561.9.1756
Namur (90) 1756-1804
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Fifth Lieutenant ADM 6/18/282		ADM 6/18
1.9.17569.11.1756
Namur (90) 1756-1804
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/18/307		ADM 6/18
9.11.175627.1.1758
Namur (90) 1756-1804
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/18/320		ADM 6/18
5.9.17576.10.1757Raid on Rochefort 
16.2.175822.5.1758
Royal George (100) 1756-1782
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/18/487		ADM 6/18
22.5.175821.9.1758
Royal George (100) 1756-1782
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/18/516		ADM 6/18
21.9.1758 CommanderADM 6/18
21.9.17589.2.1759
Baltimore (8) 1742-1762
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer: On board from 30.9.1758 ADM 6/18/538		ADM 6/18
9.2.1759 CaptainCSORN
9.2.175921.10.1762
Lennox (74) 1758-1789
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/33		BWAS-1714
6.6.176214.8.1762Manilla operations 
24.9.17626.10.1762Battle of Manilla 
21.10.176223.4.1763
Seahorse (24) 1748-1784
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/529
Issued by
Samuel CornishBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1727-1770
, East Indies
Confirmed 24.8.1763		BWAS-1714
1.7.1779 Included in the list of captains receiving half-pay.ADM 104
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