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John Peyton

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service10.2.1772CSORN
Last Known Service29.4.1808CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
10.2.1772		Lieutenant	CSORN
27.3.1782		Commander	CSORN
27.3.1782	21.1.1783	Kite (10) 1778-1793 British 10 Gun Unrated Cutter , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/436	BWAS-1714
21.1.1783		Captain	CSORN
21.1.1783	19.3.1783	Carnatic (74) 1783-1825 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1815 Renamed "Captain" , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/13	ADM 6/23
18.7.1794	1796	Seahorse (38) 1794-1819 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/25/63	BWAS-1793
1795		Ceres (32) 1781-1830 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
5.1798	11.1798	Defence (74) 1762-1811 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
1.8.1798		Battle of the Nile
9.11.1805		Rear-Admiral of the Blue	CSORN
29.4.1808		Rear-Admiral of the Red	CSORN

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/23 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 Tuesday 30th of June 2026 18:40

On Tuesday last died at Brighton, after a lingering illness, in the 66th year of his age, Admiral Peyton, of Wakehurst, Sussex. [Hampshire Telegraph, 8 April 1816]

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