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Robert Honeyman


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birthc.1765CSORN
First Known Service21.10.1790CSORN
FatherPatrick HonymanE-WIKI
MotherMargaret SinclairE-WIKI
WifeMargaret Henrietta Knight - Married c.1808E-WIKI
Last Known Service19.2.1847CSORN
Date of Death31.7.1848 - Paris CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
21.10.1790 LieutenantCSORN
21.10.17902.11.1790
Regulus (44) 1785-1816
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Lieutenant ADM 6/24/80
ADM 6/24
3.11.179018.1.1793
Regulus (44) 1785-1816
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/195
ADM 6/24
20.2.1793 
Diadem (64) 1782-1832
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/211
ADM 6/24
1795 
Saint George (98) 1785-1811
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant
ADM 171/8
14.3.1795 Action off Genoa 
13.7.1795 Battle of Hyeres 
29.6.17961.12.1806Elected a Member of Parliament for Orkney and ShetlandHPO
13.8.1796 CommanderCSORN
5.179710.12.1798
Tisiphone (16) 1781-1816
British 16 Gun
Unrated Fireship
, Commander, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
10.12.1798 CaptainCSORN
16.10.18001802
Garland (24) 1800-1803
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
1.18011802
Dordrecht (48) 1796-1823
British 48 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
1802 
Topaze (32) 1793-1814
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
5.180231.1.1808
Leda (38) 1800-1808
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
8.18031804
Leda (38) 1800-1808
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
31.10.1803 Commanded the British Vessels at the Action near Etaples 
18042.1805
Leda (38) 1800-1808
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
23.4.1805 Commanded the British Flotilla at the Action of 1805-04-23 
4.18091812
Ardent (64) 1796-1824
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
18121813
Marlborough (74) 1807-1835
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
1.18135.1813
Sceptre (74) 1802-1821
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
27.5.1825 Rear-Admiral of the WhiteNL1834
22.7.1830 Rear-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
10.1.1837 Vice-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
23.11.1841 Vice-Admiral of the RedCSORN
1847 Received the Naval General Service Medal with a clasp for an action with a French fleet and the capture of 2 sail of the line whilst serving on Saint George on 1795/03/14ADM 171/8
19.2.1847 Admiral of the BlueCSORN

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