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Thomas Swanton


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service5.1695CSORN
WifeElizabethHPO
SonUnknownHPO
DaughterUnknownHPO
SonUnknownHPO
SonUnknownHPO
DaughterUnknownHPO
SonUnknownHPO
Last Known Service1716CSORN
Date of Death17.1.1722/23CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
8.5.1695 CaptainADM 6/3
8.5.169517.5.1697
Queenborough (24) 1694-1719
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/3/55
ADM 6/3
1.11.16971.5.1699
Southsea Castle (32) 1697-1699
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/4/121
BWAS-1603
6.3.1700/18.2.1701/2
Vesuvius (28) 1693-1705
British 28 Gun
5th Rate Fireship
, Captain and Master, and Commanding Officer: On board from 8.3.1700/1 ADM 6/6/69
BWAS-1603
9.2.1701/223.6.1702
Assistance (50) 1699-1710
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/7/8
ADM 6/7
24.6.17023.2.1706/7
Exeter (60) 1697-1740
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/7/43
BWAS-1603
24.6.17073.12.1708
Cambridge (80) 1695-1713
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/9/76
BWAS-1603
22.12.17097.9.1714
Cornwall (80) 1706-1722
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/11/15
BWAS-1714
17151716Appointed Resident Commissioner at PlymouthHPO
2.3.1714/1528.3.1715
Essex (70) 1700-1736
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/12/30
ADM 6/12
17161718Appointed Comptroller of the Storekeeper's accountsHPO
23.4.171817.1.1722/23Appointed Comptroller of the NavyOHMB7
13.4.172217.1.1722/23Elected a Member of Parliament for SaltashHPO

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