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d'Arcy Preston

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service4.11.1790CSORN
FatherRev. John PrestonNBD1849
MotherJane ConsittNBD1849
WifeSophia NaresNBD1849
SonNBD1849
Last Known Service19.9.1896CSORN
Date of Death21.1.1847 - Askam Bryam, YorkshireNBD1849

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
4.11.1790		Lieutenant	CSORN
4.11.1790		Brilliant (28) 1779-1811 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/87	ADM 6/24
1.4.1791	29.9.1791	Orestes (18) 1781-1799 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop , Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/115	ADM 6/24
30.9.1791	13.11.1792	Orestes (18) 1781-1799 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop , Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/138	ADM 6/24
4.3.1793	7.10.1793	Royal Sovereign (100) 1786-1841 British 100 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line 1825 Renamed "Captain" , Seventh Lieutenant ADM 6/24/216	ADM 6/24
8.10.1793		Boyne (98) 1790-1795 British 98 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line , Sixth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/272	ADM 6/24
24.10.1793		Boyne (98) 1790-1795 British 98 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line , Sixth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/277	ADM 6/24
4.4.1794		Commander	CSORN
4.4.1794	6.7.1794	Rattlesnake (16) 1791-1814 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/25/61 Confirmed 15.7.1794	BWAS-1793
5.1796	13.6.1796	Termagant (18) 1796-1819 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
13.6.1796		Captain	CSORN
13.6.1796	19.9.1796	Mignonne (32) 1794-1797 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
13.6.1796	1797	Blanche (32) 1786-1799 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
19.12.1796		Blanche vs Ceres
8.1797	2.1798	Boston (28) 1762-1811 British 28 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
11.1813	1814	Brave (80) 1805-1816 British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
24.8.1819		Superannuated Rear-Admiral	NL1834

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/24 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

NL1834The Admiralty, Digital Book

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