John Macbride (c.1735-1800)

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John Macbride

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birthc.1735 - Scotland CSORN
First Known Service1751CSORN
A.K.A.McBrideE-WIKI
FatherRobert McBride (1687–1759)ODNB
Mother? BoydODNB
WifeCharlotte Anne Harrison (d.1771) - Married 1769ref:676
WifeUrsula Folkes - Married 14.7.1774HPO
DaughterCharlotte Anne [Lake)ref:676
SonJohn Davidref:676
Last Known Service14.2.1799CSORN
Date of Death17.2.1800CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1751	1754	Service as a merchant seaman	ref:1220
1.7.1754	2.4.1756	Garland (24) 1748-1783 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Able Seaman ADM 107/5/60	ADM 107/5
2.4.1756	2.1.1757	Garland (24) 1748-1783 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Midshipman ADM 107/5/60	ADM 107/5
3.1.1757	23.12.1757	Garland (24) 1748-1783 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Master's Mate ADM 107/5/60	ADM 107/5
5.1.1758	6.10.1758	Norfolk (6) 1748-1760 British 6 Gun Merchant East Indiaman , Master's Mate ADM 107/5/60	ADM 107/5
6.10.1758		Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/5/60	RNLPC
27.10.1758		Lieutenant	CSORN
27.10.1758	7.4.1760	Stag (32) 1758-1783 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Second Lieutenant ADM 6/18/553	ADM 6/18
16.12.1761	29.12.1761	Newark (80) 1747-1787 British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/19/372	ADM 6/19
7.4.1762		Commander	CSORN
7.4.1762	14.10.1762	Grampus (14) 1746-1780 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop 1771 Renamed "Strombolo" , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/396	BWAS-1714
14.10.1762	18.5.1763	Vulture (14) 1763-1771 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/443	ADM 6/19
27.5.1763	20.6.1765	Cruizer (8) 1752-1776 British 8 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/503	BWAS-1714
20.6.1765		Captain	CSORN
20.6.1765	30.7.1765	Renown (30) 1747-1771 British 30 Gun 6th Rate Frigate 1748 Renamed "Renown" , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/78	BWAS-1714
30.7.1765	21.8.1765	Cruizer (8) 1752-1776 British 8 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/84	ADM 6/20
22.8.1765	20.3.1767	Jason (32) 1763-1785 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer: On board from 30.9.1765 ADM 6/20/87	BWAS-1714
1767	1768	Appointed Governor of Falkland Islands	E-WIKI
13.8.1767	15.11.1769	Seaford (20) 1754-1784 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/177	BWAS-1714
23.3.1771	25.5.1771	Arethusa (32) 1759-1779 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/361	ADM 6/20
1.8.1771	23.4.1773	Southampton (32) 1757-1812 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/393	BWAS-1714
23.4.1773	9.8.1774	Orpheus (32) 1773-1778 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/490	BWAS-1714
6.11.1776	23.1.1780	Bienfaisant (64) 1758-1814 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/228	BWAS-1714
27.7.1778		1st Battle of Ushant
8.1.1780		Attack on the Caracas Convoy
16.1.1780		Battle of Cape St. Vincent
6.3.1780	8.1.1781	Bienfaisant (64) 1758-1814 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/96	ADM 6/22
8.1.1781	23.4.1783	Artois (40) 1780-1786 British 40 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/221	BWAS-1714
5.8.1781		Battle of Dogger Bank
10.6.1783	3.10.1787	Druid (32) 1783-1813 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/82	BWAS-1714
7.4.1784	26.6.1790	Elected a Member of Parliament for Plymouth	HPO
13.10.1787	14.9.1791	Cumberland (74) 1774-1804 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/423	BWAS-1714
1.2.1793		Rear-Admiral of the Blue	CSORN
6.2.1793	6.6.1793	Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The Downs ADM 6/24/203	ADM 6/24
10.2.1793	4.1793	Iphigenia (32) 1780-1801 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue,	ref:676
4.1793	6.6.1793	Quebec (32) 1781-1816 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue,	ref:676
14.7.1793	10.8.1793	Cumberland (74) 1774-1804 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue,	ref:676
12.1793	1.1794	Flora (36) 1780-1808 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the Blue,	ref:676
12.4.1794		Rear-Admiral of the Red	CSORN
1.6.1794		Vice-Admiral of the Blue	CSORN
4.7.1794	1795	Minotaur (74) 1793-1810 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue,	ref:676
1795		Sceptre (64) 1781-1799 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the White,	BWAS-1714
1.6.1795		Vice-Admiral of the White	CSORN
12.1796	4.1797	Russell (74) 1764-1811 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the White,	BWAS-1714
14.2.1799		Admiral of the Blue	CSORN

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 107/5 Archive

ADM 6/18 Archive

ADM 6/19 Archive

ADM 6/20 Archive

ADM 6/22 Archive

ADM 6/24 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

HPO Web Site

ODNBOxford University Press, Web Site

RNLPCBruno Pappalardo, Book

ref:1220David Stockman, Web Site

ref:676 Web Site

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Posted by Jon Miller on Sunday 31st of May 2026 17:51

Died at the Spring Gardens Coffee-house, London, of a paralytic seizure, J Macbride, Esq, Admiral of the Blue, he was made Rear in 1792, Vice in 1794, and full Admiral for last year. [Hull Packet, 25 February 1800]

Posted by Tim Oakley on Saturday 21st of October 2017 19:41

1793 spring R-Ad Macbride C in C Downs flag in Quebec
1 Dec 1793 R-Ad Macbride flag in Flora36 sailed from Portsmouth carrying an army under the Earl of Moira to support French royalists in Brittany and Normandy

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