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Sir Francis Geary (1st Baronet of Oxenheath)

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth1709TRN3
First Known Service19.3.1733/34TRN3
WifeMary Bartholomew - Married 5.1748E-WIKI
SonFrancis (d.1776)E-WIKI
SonWilliam, 2nd Bt.E-WIKI
Last Known Service9.1780TRN3
Date of Death7.2.1796TRN3

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
19.3.1733/34 LieutenantCSORN
30.6.1742 CaptainCSORN
24.12.174316.2.1743/44
Dolphin (20) 1732-1760
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
1755 Renamed "Firebrand"
1757 Renamed "Penquin"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/253		ADM 6/16
17.2.1743/445.7.1745
Chester (50) 1744-1767
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/273		BWAS-1714
14.9.1745 
Namur (74) 1746-1749
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/544		ADM 6/16
7.9.174725.11.1748
Culloden (74) 1747-1770
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/265		BWAS-1714
4.2.17555.7.1757
Somerset (68) 1748-1778
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/128		BWAS-1714
7.9.17571758Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Thames, Medway and The Nore ADM 6/18/436ADM 6/18
14.3.17589.2.1759
Lennox (74) 1758-1789
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/495		BWAS-1714
5.6.175812.6.1758Raid on Saint-Malo 
9.2.175921.5.1759
Resolution (74) 1758-1759
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/33		BWAS-1714
14.2.1759 Rear-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
19.5.1759 Rear-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
21.5.17594.6.1759
Resolution (74) 1758-1759
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Commodore, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
5.6.17597.7.1759
Resolution (74) 1758-1759
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White, 		BWAS-1714
7.7.175929.8.1759
Sandwich (90) 1759-1810
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White, 		BWAS-1714
29.8.17599.1759
Royal George (100) 1756-1782
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White, 		E-WIKI
9.175910.1760
Sandwich (90) 1759-1810
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White, 		E-WIKI
10.1760 
Royal Sovereign (104) 1729-1768
British 104 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White, 		E-WIKI
17611763Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Portsmouthref:676
21.10.1762 Vice-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
17691771Appointed Commander-in-Chief — PortsmouthE-WIKI
18.10.1770 Vice-Admiral of the RedCSORN
31.3.1775 Admiral of the BlueCSORN
29.1.1778 Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
22.5.178027.8.1780Appointed Commander-in-Chief — English Channel ADM 6/22/134ADM 6/22
24.5.178027.8.1780
Victory (100) 1765-2019
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Admiral of the White, 		W009
3.8.1782 Created 1st Baronet of OxenheathE-WIKI
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Posted by Diana Murray on Wednesday 22nd of January 2020 06:04

In a letter to his son my Great Grandfather William Henry Geary said he was a second cousin of the Kent Gearys. I wonder if he was an illegitimate child. So far I have found nothing about him except that he was in the Royal Navy and then in the MerchantNavy.

Posted by Doug Adams on Tuesday 1st of November 2016 00:16

Francis Geary, Vice-Admiral of the Blue, stood for Parliament in Rochester Kent, 16 March 1768, against Mr. John CALCRAFT and Mr. William GORDON. I don't believe he was successful?

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