Nicholas Alexander (1789-1852)

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Nicholas Alexander

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth1789CSORN
First Known Service1799CSORN
WifeSusannah LegrandNBD1849
SonWilliam Thomas AlexanderNBD1849
SonRobert Barrie AlexanderNBD1849
BrotherAnna Maria PriceNL1865
Last Known Service13.6.1815CSORN
Date of Death1852

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1799		Entered the Navy	NBD1849
1799	1800	Haarlem (64) 1797-1816 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , 1st Class Volunteer	NBD1849
8.1800	1802	Desiree (36) 1800-1832 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , 1st Class Volunteer	NBD1849
2.4.1801		Battle of Copenhagen
1802		Nereide (36) 1797-1810 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Midshipman	NBD1849
1802	1803	Port Mahon (18) 1798-1837 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop , Midshipman	NBD1849
1803	1805	Mignonne (32) 1794-1797 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Midshipman	NBD1849
21.6.1803	1.7.1803	Capture of St. Lucia and Tobago
1805	26.2.1806	Theseus (74) 1786-1814 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Midshipman	NBD1849
26.2.1806	16.5.1806	Shark (16) 1779-1818 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop , Midshipman	NBD1849
16.5.1806	1808	Hercule (74) 1798-1810 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Lieutenant	NBD1849
18.5.1806		Lieutenant	CSORN
15.8.1807	7.9.1807	Second Battle of Copenhagen
1808		Trent (36) 1796-1823 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Lieutenant	NBD1849
1808	1809	Venerable (74) 1808-1838 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Lieutenant	NBD1849
3.1809		Saint Domingo (74) 1809-1816 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Lieutenant	NBD1849
28.7.1809	4.9.1809	Expedition to the Scheldt
28.7.1809	12.1809	Walcheren Expedition
22.12.1812	13.6.1815	Dragon (74) 1798-1850 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1842 Renamed "Fame" , First Lieutenant	NBD1849
1815		Married Susannah	NBD1849
13.6.1815		Commander	CSORN
9.1815		Employed raising men in Cork	NBD1849
2.1816		Placed on Half-Pay	NBD1849

Notes on Officer

His Sons Occupations
In 1849 both his sons were Assistant-Surgeons in the Royal Navy

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

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

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

NL1865The Admiralty, Digital Book

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