Henry Mitford (d.1804)

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Henry Mitford

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service26.8.1789CSORN
Last Known Service15.8.1793CSORN
Date of Death21.1.1804 - North Sea BWAS-1793
Cause of DeathShipwreck?CSORN
Will Probated9.10.1804, PROB 11/1416/126

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
26.8.1789		Lieutenant	CSORN
5.9.1791	9.4.1792	Edgar (74) 1779-1835 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1814 Renamed "Retribution" , Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/132	ADM 6/24
10.4.1792	9.9.1792	Edgar (74) 1779-1835 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1814 Renamed "Retribution" , Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/161	ADM 6/24
10.9.1792	15.8.1793	Blanche (32) 1786-1799 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/173	ADM 6/24
16.8.1793		Bellona (74) 1760-1814 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/261	ADM 6/24
24.11.1795	6.1796	Thorn (16) 1782-1816 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
2.2.1796		Captain	CSORN
5.1796	1799	Jacobin (28) 1794-1810 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate 1798 Renamed "Matilda" , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
3.1801	1804	Lion (64) 1777-1837 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
6.1803	1.1804	York (64) 1796-1804 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/24 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

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Posted by Jon Miller on Monday 13th of July 2026 13:45

Portsmouth, 11 April 1801: Captain Mitford, is appointed to the Lion. [Hampshire Telegraph, 13 April 1801]

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