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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25.6.1757 | 8.1760 | Revenge (26)
1757-1760 , Captain, and Commanding OfficerBritish 26 Gun Privateer Unknown | ref:1846 |
| 1761 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/5/332 | RNLPC | |
| 15.4.1778 | bef.12.4.1780 | Mercury (10)
1778-1782 , Captain, and Commanding OfficerBritish 10 Gun Privateer Unknown | ref:1846 |
| 7.2.1781 | 8.1781 | Enterprise (Unknown)
1781-1782 , Captain, and Commanding OfficerBritish Unknown Gun Privateer Unknown | ref:1846 |
| bef.2.1782 | bef.6.1782 | Mercury (10)
1778-1782 , Captain, and Commanding OfficerBritish 10 Gun Privateer Unknown | ref:1846 |
| 6.1782 | Appointed Naval Officer appointed Lieutenant in the Royal Navy for services delivering supplies to Gibraltar in February, 1782 | ref:1846 |
In February, 1782, the Mercury, Captain Conway Heighington, ran the blockade and took a valuable cargo of supplies into Gibraltar, then besieged by the Spaniards, for which Captain Heighington was given a commission as lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Lieutenant Heighington’s residence was 43 St. Michael’s Hill. The newspaper announces his death on 21st October, 1796, and the register of St. Michael’s Church records that “William Conway Heighington, aged 72 years, from St. Augustine’s, was buried on October 26th, 1796.”