Michael Henry Pascal (d.1786)

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Michael Henry Pascal

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service1736CSORN
Last Known Service29.11.1766CSORN
Date of Death1786CSORN
Will Probated8.5.1786, PROB 11/1142/88

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
17361742Service as a merchant seamanADM 107/5
14.7.1745 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 6/86/271RNLPC
9.12.1745 LieutenantCSORN
21.8.1759 CommanderCSORN
21.8.175918.12.1762
Aetna (16) 1756-1763
British 16 Gun
Unrated Fireship
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/96
Issued by
The Hon. Edward BoscawenBritish
Naval Sailor
Ship Owner
Administrator
Marine
Service 1726-1759
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 20.9.1759		BWAS-1714
29.3.176111.6.1761Expedition against Belle-Isle 
12.4.176330.4.1764
Dispatch (14) 1745-1773
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/481		BWAS-1714
20.6.1765 CaptainCSORN
20.6.176529.11.1766
Scarborough (20) 1756-1780
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/78		BWAS-1714
22.7.1779 Included in the list of captains receiving half-pay.ADM 104
Previous comments on this page

Posted by Cy on Thursday 21st of February 2019 08:39

Pictures, sure. If you have one of him, which can be verified as free of copyright, then please let me have a copy via the home page email link and I'll put it on his page.

Posted by Hunter , A. on Wednesday 20th of February 2019 23:21

you should include pictures.

Posted by Ben murphy on Saturday 25th of March 2017 10:45

i need a picture of him!!

Posted by Aidan on Thursday 23rd of May 2013 12:21

Pascal was Lieutenant on Roebuck in 1757, then promoted to 1st. Lt. of Preston when she commissioned (also 1757). From there he went to Royal George (briefly), and then to be 6th Lt on Namur in 1758 for the attack on Louisburg. He remained on Namur (and was at the Battle of Lagos in 1759, where he was wounded) until Boscawen gave him command of Etna.

He owned a slave, Olaudah Equiano, who wrote an account of his own life that includes descriptions of his involvement in Louisburg, Lagos, Belle Isle and other engagements. He bought his freedom and became a successful trader and (perhaps unsurprisingly) a leading abolitionist.




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