Thomas Legal Yates (d.1832)

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Thomas Legal Yates

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor, Dockyard Staff 
First Known Service7.6.1766ADM 29/8
WifeMary Beckford (c1761-1813) - Married 25.7.1778 - Jamaica, St CatharineADM 45
Son-in-Law
John BowkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1785-1819
ref:1707
Son
Vernon Gambier YatesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1800-1802
TNC
DaughterMary Beckford Yates (1779-1842)ref:1707
Son
Lennox McBean YatesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1809-1812
ref:719
Last Known Service31.3.1828ADM 29/8
Date of Death17.1.1832NBD1849

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
7.6.176613.11.1766
Preston (50) 1757-1815
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1785 Renamed "Preston Hulk"
, Surgeon's Servant		ADM 29/8
15.5.176920.5.1780Appointed Clerk at Jamaica DockyardADM 29/8
3.7.1777 Purserref:981
3.7.177711.12.1778
Hornet (14) 1776-1791
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Purser		ADM 29/8
12.12.17786.3.1780
Port Royal (18) 1778-1781
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Purser		ADM 29/8
25.4.178010.12.1780
Niger (32) 1759-1814
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1813 Renamed "Negro"
, Purser		ADM 29/8
20.6.1780 Action off Monti Christi 
31.3.178127.11.1781
Latona (38) 1781-1816
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Purser		ADM 29/8
5.8.1781 Battle of Dogger Bank 
28.11.17818.4.1783
Goliath (74) 1781-1813
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Purser		ADM 29/8
20.10.1782 Battle of Cape Spartel 
20.9.178310.11.1784
Europa (50) 1783-1814
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Purser		ADM 29/8
30.3.178522.5.1786
Galatea (20) 1776-1783
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Purser		ADM 29/8
12.8.178629.9.1789
Galatea (20) 1776-1783
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Purser		ADM 29/8
15.6.17901.12.1790
Elephant (74) 1786-1830
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Purser		ADM 29/8
28.1.17938.10.1795
Berwick (74) 1775-1795
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Purser		ADM 29/8
9.6.179624.1.1801
Mars (74) 1794-1823
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Purser		ADM 29/8
21.4.1798 Mars vs Hercule 
28.1.180128.4.1802
Prince George (98) 1772-1817
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Purser		ADM 29/8
13.4.180315.9.1805
Windsor Castle (98) 1790-1813
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Purser		ADM 29/8
22.7.1805 3rd Battle of Cape Finisterre 
24.9.18051.6.1807
San Josef (114) 1797-1849
British 114 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
, Purser		ADM 29/8
11.10.180718.7.1814
Hibernia (110) 1804-1902
British 110 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
, Purser		ADM 29/8
19.7.181613.11.1818
Impregnable (98) 1810-1906
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Purser		ADM 29/8
27.8.1816 Bombardment of Algiers 
17.11.182412.4.1825
Ganges (84) 1821-1929
British 84 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
1906 Renamed "Tenedos II"
1922 Renamed "Impregnable III"
1910 Renamed "Indus V"
, Purser		ADM 29/8
22.4.182531.3.1828
Prince (98) 1788-1837
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Purser		ADM 29/8
Previous comments on this page

Posted by Jon Miller on Thursday 9th of July 2026 08:49

Portsmouth, 3 January 1801: T L Yates, Esq, is appointed Purser of his Majesty’s ship St George. [Hampshire Telegraph, 5 January 1801]

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