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Edmund Williams


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service4.11.1708CSORN
Last Known Service3.5.1750CSORN
Date of Death6.3.1751/52CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
4.11.1708 LieutenantADM 6/10
4.11.170830.5.1712
Winchester (54) 1698-1716
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/10/43
Confirmed 10.3.1708/9
ADM 6/10
31.5.171219.4.1714
Winchester (54) 1698-1716
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/11/233
Confirmed 4.12.1712
ADM 6/11
20.4.171413.12.1714
Bristol (54) 1711-1743
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/11/288
ADM 6/11
14.12.171412.1.1714/15
Bristol (54) 1711-1743
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/12/11
ADM 6/12
7.10.17152.3.1715/16
Charles Galley (42) 1710-1726
British 42 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Lieutenant ADM 6/12/53
ADM 6/12
20.9.171716.1.1717/18
Blandford (24) 1711-1719
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Lieutenant ADM 6/12/103
ADM 6/12
29.1.1717/187.12.1718
Saint Albans (50) 1718-1734
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/12/113
ADM 6/12
8.12.171810.1.1719/20
Hampton Court (70) 1709-1741
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/12/146
ADM 6/12
11.1.1719/2019.1.1720/21
Buckingham (70) 1699-1745
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1711 Renamed "Buckingham"
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/12/188
ADM 6/12
20.1.1720/219.4.1721
Buckingham (70) 1699-1745
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1711 Renamed "Buckingham"
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/12/230
ADM 6/12
10.4.172131.5.1722
Ipswich (70) 1694-1727
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/13/9
ADM 6/13
1.6.172211.11.1723
Ipswich (70) 1694-1727
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/13/38
ADM 6/13
14.2.1726/2720.11.1727
Orford (70) 1713-1745
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/13/134
ADM 6/13
21.11.172725.7.1728
Argyll (50) 1722-1748
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/13/198
Confirmed 13.3.1727/28
ADM 6/13
26.7.172810.4.1729
York (60) 1706-1751
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/14/212
ADM 6/13
24.11.1731 CommanderADM 6/14
24.11.17311.4.1734
Grampus (6) 1731-1742
British 6 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/14/92
BWAS-1714
2.4.1734 CaptainCSORN
2.4.17349.4.1737
York (60) 1706-1751
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/181
BWAS-1603
28.4.173813.6.1739
Assistance (50) 1725-1745
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/111
ADM 6/15
14.6.173926.9.1740
Jersey (60) 1736-1783
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/186
BWAS-1714
2.2.1740/411.6.1743
Rochester (54) 1716-1748
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1744 Renamed "Maidstone"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/376
BWAS-1603
2.6.17436.8.1743
Stirling Castle (70) 1742-1762
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/13
Issued by
Thomas MathewsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1749

Confirmed 25.10.1745
ADM 6/17
7.8.174311.4.1745
Royal Oak (70) 1741-1764
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/13
Issued by
Thomas MathewsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1749

Confirmed 25.10.1745
BWAS-1714
10.2.1743/4411.2.1743/44Battle of Toulon 
17.10.1745 Dismissed from the NavyBWAS-1714
3.5.1750 Superannuated Rear-AdmiralADM 6/17

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