John How (c.1720-1758)

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Pedro de Linze y BerasteguiSpanish
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John How

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birthc.1720ADM 107/4
First Known Service1736CSORN
A.K.A.HoweADM 6/17
Last Known Service23.9.1756CSORN
Date of Death1758CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1736	1741	Service as a merchant seaman	ADM 107/4
21.11.1745		Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/4/27	RNLPC
22.11.1745		Lieutenant	CSORN
24.11.1745		Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 6/86/190	RNLPC
18.5.1748	30.9.1751	Greyhound (20) 1741-1768 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Lieutenant ADM 3/17/357	ADM 6/17

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IDNameAuthorType

ADM 107/4 Archive

ADM 6/17 Archive

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

RNLPCBruno Pappalardo, Book

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Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 27th of May 2026 15:53

London, 19 February 1752: Yesterday the Right Worshipful Sir Thomas Salusbury, Knt, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty of England, preceded by the Marshal of the Admiralty carrying the Silver Oar before him, and attended by other officers went from his house in Doctors Commons, to the Sessions House in the Old Bailey, and having opened his commission, proceeded on the trials of the following persons confined for high crimes and misdemeanors on the open Seas, viz:….. Lieutenant John How, of his Majesty’s ship Greyhound, indicted for the murder of a woman, who was killed by a shot fired by his order, to bring to a pleasure-boat that had a pendant flying. He was acquitted. [Kentish Post, 22 February 1752]

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