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James Ferguson


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth1723ref:676
First Known Service18.10.1741ref:676
Illegitimate SonWalter MeldrumPROB11
SisterMary [Bowry]PROB11
SisterJanet [Dorf]PROB11
SisterMargaret [Robertson]PROB11
Last Known Service19.10.1749ref:676
Date of Death14.2.1793CSORN
Will Probated7.3.1793, PROB 11/1229/204

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
18.10.174122.9.1742
Leopard (50) 1741-1761
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Able Seaman ADM 107/4/343
ADM 107/4
23.9.17429.5.1747
Leopard (50) 1741-1761
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman ADM 107/4/343
ADM 107/4
10.5.174719.12.1748
Leopard (50) 1741-1761
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Master's Mate ADM 107/4/343
ADM 107/4
20.10.17497.6.1753
Success (20) 1740-1779
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Master's Mate ADM 107/4/343
ADM 107/4
8.6.175319.12.1755
Northumberland (68) 1750-1780
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1777 Renamed "Leviathan"
, Master's Mate ADM 107/4/343
ADM 107/4
19.12.1755 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/4/343RNLPC
15.11.1756 LieutenantCSORN
15.11.175629.12.1756
Amazon (22) 1745-1763
British 22 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Lieutenant ADM 6/18/325
ADM 6/18
29.12.175622.9.1759
Northumberland (68) 1750-1780
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1777 Renamed "Leviathan"
, Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/18/339
ADM 6/18
8.175710.1757Louisbourg Expedition 
6.6.175827.7.1758The Siege of Louisbourg 
22.9.1759 Commanderref:849
31.3.17604.4.1763
Hunter (10) 1756-1780
British 10 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/449
Issued by , North America
Confirmed 9.11.1762
BWAS-1714
4.4.17636.6.1763
Peggy (8) 1749-1770
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/478
ADM 6/19
6.6.1763 CaptainCSORN
6.6.176316.10.1766
Romney (50) 1762-1804
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/505
BWAS-1714
30.12.177518.9.1778
Brune (32) 1761-1792
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/146
BWAS-1714
6.12.17768.12.1776Occupation of Rhode Island 
18.9.177817.4.1780
Venus (36) 1758-1828
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1807 Renamed "Heroine"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/149
Issued by
Lord Richard Howe (4th Viscount Howe)British
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1736-1799
, North America
Confirmed 7.7.1780
BWAS-1714
14.12.177815.12.1778Battle of St. Lucia 
17.4.1780 Battle of Martinique 
18.4.178023.7.1780
Intrepid (64) 1770-1815
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/263
Issued by
Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet )British
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782
, Barbados
Confirmed 22.3.1781
BWAS-1714
15.5.1780 Action of March 15 1780 
19.5.1780 Action of March 19 1780 
23.7.178016.6.1781
Terrible (74) 1762-1781
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/335
Issued by
Sir George Brydges Rodney (Baronet )British
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782
, Barbados
Confirmed 28.12.1782
BWAS-1714
29.4.178130.4.1781Battle of Fort Royal 
17.8.178210.1.1783
Egmont (74) 1768-1799
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/506
BWAS-1714
20.10.1782 Battle of Cape Spartel 
13.4.178414.2.1793Appointed Lieutenant-governor of Greenwich Hospital at Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich ADM 73/36/2079ADM 73/36

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