Henry Duncan (1735-1814)

Recent updates

Recent Comments

Henry Duncan

Nationality	British
Date of Birth	1735	B125
Place of Birth	Scotland	B125
Wife	Mary French	B125
Son	Arthur French Dunanc (1769-?)	B125
Son	Henry Duncan	B125
Daughter	Isabella (1764-?)	B125
Date of Death	1814/10/07	B125
Place of Death	Dartmouth	B125

Ship	Date from	Date to	Event	Source
	1755/05/10		Entered the Navy	B125
Le Nassau	1755/05/10	1756	Able Seaman	B125
Le Nassau	1756	1759/03/23	Midshipman	B125
	1758/12/29		Capture of Goree	B125
	1759/01/03		Passed the Lieutenant\'s Examination	B125
America	1759/03/23	1759/04	Acting Lieutenant	B125
Prince	1759/04	1759/08/20	Midshipman	B125
	1759/08/18	1759/08/19	Battle of Lagos Bay	B125
Namur	1759/08/20	1759/09/21	Able Seaman	B125
Lieutenant, 1759/09/21	W032
Barfleur	1759/09/21	1760/12	Lieutenant	B125
Hampton Court	1760/12	1762/10	Lieutenant	B125
	1761/11/27		Married Mary at St. Saviour\'s Church, Dartmouth	B125
Temeraire	1762/10	1763	Lieutenant	B125
	1763		Placed on Half-Pay	B125
Commander, 1768/05/26	W032
Wasp	1769/09	1772/11	As Commanding Officer	B125
	1772/11		Placed on Half-Pay	B125
Captain, 1776/02/07	W032
Eagle	1776/02/07	1777/08	As Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
Eagle	1777/08	1778/12	As Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
Medea	1780/09	1781/10	As Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
	1781/03/16		Battle of Cape Henry	BWAS-1714
	1781/09/05		Battle of the Chesapeake	BWAS-1714
Ambuscade	1781/11	1782/05	Captain	BWAS-1714
Victory	1782/04/19	1782/12/06	As Commanding Officer	W009
	1782/10/20		Battle of Cape Spartel	W009
	1782/12/06		Received 6-weeks added to his pay book (An early example of paid leave?)	B125
Appointed Resident Commissioner at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1783/03				B125
	1783/01/17		Placed on Half-Pay	B125
	1783/08		Arrived in Halifax	B125
Appointed Resident Commissioner at Sheerness, 1800				B125
Appointed Deputy Controller of the Navy, 1801/01				B125

Sources
ID	Description	Author	Type
B125	NRS Vol 020 - The Naval Miscellany Vol I	John Knox Laughton Ed	Book
W032	Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy	David Bonner Smith	Web Site
BWAS-1714	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792	Rif Winfield	Book
W009	HMS Victory	Unknown	Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Daryl Coup on Tuesday 9th of April 2013 20:39

Parish Records of Dundee, Angus, Scotland
Born 24 January 1739 Baptised 27 January 1739
Henry son of Mr Alexr Duncan, Clerk and Isabel Crawford
In commemmoration of Henry Crawford late of Monorgan, grandfather, Henry Crawford of Monorgan, uncle

Make a comment about this page

Recent comments to other pages

Date posted	By	Page
Thursday 23rd of May 2013 13:21	Aidan	Michael Henry Pascal
Saturday 18th of May 2013 15:59	Linda Pagnani	Peter Barnes
Thursday 16th of May 2013 14:27	Bob Brooks	Edward Woodnott
Thursday 16th of May 2013 03:04	Roger Novak	John Consett Peers
Thursday 16th of May 2013 02:35	Roger Novak	British sixth rate frigate 'Mermaid' (1761)