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Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth1754TRN3
First Known Service10.3.1777TRN3
Father
John StanhopeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1756-1799
ref:676
WifeMargaret MalboneE-WIKI
Son
Edwyn Francis Scudamore StanhopeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1811-1814
E-WIKI
Last Known Service12.8.1812TRN3
Date of Death20.12.1814TRN3

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1. Appointed Knight Bachelor 
10.3.1777 LieutenantCSORN
19.7.17785.8.1778
Pigot (8) 1778-1778
British 8 Gun
Unrated Galley
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
6.8.1779 CommanderCSORN
6.8.177916.9.1780
Trepassey (14) 1779-1781
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/77
Issued by
Richard EdwardsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1794
, Newfoundland Colony
Confirmed 12.1.1780
BWAS-1714
16.9.178016.6.1781
Salamander (8) 1776-1783
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
1778 Renamed "Salamander"
, Commander, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
16.6.1781 CaptainCSORN
16.6.178115.7.1781
Terrible (74) 1762-1781
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/360
Issued by
George Brydges Rodney (Baronet )British
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782
, Barbados
BWAS-1714
15.7.17816.2.1782
Russell (74) 1764-1811
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/435
BWAS-1714
25.1.178226.1.1782Battle of Saint Kitts 
24.9.178210.4.1783
Mercury (28) 1779-1814
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/520
BWAS-1714
10.4.178311.7.1786
Mercury (28) 1779-1814
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/47
ADM 6/23
29.8.17943.1796
Ruby (64) 1776-1821
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/25/81
BWAS-1714
4.17978.1797
Neptune (98) 1797-1818
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
8.179711.1797
San Damaso (74) 1797-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
4.7.17984.1799
Achille (74) 1798-1865
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
1799 Appointed to command the Sea Fencibles at Foweyref:1589
1.1.1801 Rear-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
23.4.1804 Rear-Admiral of the RedCSORN
18051807
Matilda (8) 1794-1810
British 8 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
1798 Renamed "Matilda"
, as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue,
BWAS-1793
9.11.1805 Vice-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
3.18081810
Thisbe (18) 1783-1815
British 18 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue,
BWAS-1714
28.4.1808 Vice-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
18101811Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The NoreE-WIKI
1811 
Namur (74) 1805-1833
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral,
BWAS-1714
12.8.1812 Admiral of the BlueCSORN

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