Sir Robert Preston (1740-1834)

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Sir Robert Preston (6^th Baronet of Woodford, Essex and Valleyfield, Perth)

NationalityBritish
RolesShip Owner, Administrator, Merchant Sailor
Date of Birth21.4.1740 - Culross, Fife HPO
First Known Service8.1.1768EICS
FatherSir George Preston, 4th Bt. of Valleyfield (1702-1779)HPO
MotherAnne Cochrane (c.1707-1779)HPO
WifeElizabeth Brown (1744-?) - Married 27.4.1790HPO
BrotherSir Charles, 5th Bt. (1735-1800)HPO
Last Known Service1810EICS
Date of Death7.5.1834ref:893

Ships Owned

FromToVesselSource
17821793
17821796
1783aft.8.3.1791
17841793
17951805
17961805
17961810

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
8.1.1768		Captain (HEIC)	ref:925
1781	7.5.1834	Elected an Elder Brother of Trinity House	HPO
5.4.1784	19.6.1790	Elected a Member of Parliament for Dover	HPO
10.5.1792	1.11.1806	Elected a Member of Parliament for Cirencester	HPO
23.3.1800		Succeeded as 6^th Baronet of Woodford, Essex and Valleyfield, Perth	HPO

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

EICSAndrea Cordani, Cy Harrison, Web Site

HPO Web Site

ref:893John Burke, Digital Book

ref:925Charles Horatio Hardy, Digital Book

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Posted by Jon Miller on Saturday 30th of May 2026 02:56

London, undated: The following gentlemen are appointed managing owners of the under-mentioned ships, engaged this season by the East India Company:-
Sir Robert Preston, Bart, for the Cirencester and the Cuffnells. [London Courier, 6 October 1801]

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