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Henry Dilkes Byng

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth1781CSORN
First Known Service3.1798CSORN
WifeMaria Jane ClerkeNBD1849
Son
Henry ByngBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1827-1846
NBD1849
Brother
Lord George Byng (6th Viscount Torrington)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1830
NBD1849
Last Known Service1.10.1846CSORN
Date of Death24.9.1860

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
3.1798 
Arrow (28) 1796-1805
British 28 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, 1st Class Volunteer		NBD1849
17991800
Madras (56) 1795-1807
British 56 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman		NBD1849
1800 
Galatea (32) 1794-1809
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Midshipman		NBD1849
1801 
Centaur (74) 1797-1819
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman		NBD1849
1802 
Imogen (18) 1800-1805
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Midshipman		NBD1849
1803 
Texel (68) 1799-1818
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman		NBD1849
18034.5.1804
Sulphur (10) 1797-1816
British 10 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel
, Acting Lieutenant		NBD1849
5.5.1804 LieutenantCSORN
5.5.180418.2.1805
Sagesse (20) 1803-1821
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
, Lieutenant		NBD1849
19.2.180515.7.1805
Hindostan (52) 1804-1855
British 52 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1819 Renamed "Dolphin"
1831 Renamed "Justitia"
, Lieutenant		NBD1849
31.7.18051.6.1808
Lancaster (64) 1797-1832
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant		NBD1849
2.6.180814.7.1809
Centurion (50) 1774-1824
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant		NBD1849
15.7.180912.12.1809
Bream (4) 1807-1816
British 4 Gun
Unrated Schooner
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
12.12.1809 CommanderCSORN
12.12.18091813
Goree (16) 1807-1817
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
1807 Renamed "Goree"
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
2.10.1810 Married MariaNBD1849
181316.11.1813
Rattler (16) 1795-1815
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
4.3.18137.1813
Mohawk (10) 1813-1814
British 10 Gun
Unrated Gun-brig
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
8.18139.3.1814
Diadem (64) 1782-1832
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Acting Captain, and Commanding Officer		NBD1849
12.18131814
Dictator (64) 1783-1817
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
9.9.1814 CaptainCSORN
28.5.18331836Appointed Captain of the Ordinary at PortsmouthNBD1849
26.7.18421843
Imaum (76) 1836-1863
British 76 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Commodore, 		NBD1849
1.10.1846 Superannuated CaptainNBD1849
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