Stephen Poyntz (d.1847)

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Stephen Poyntz

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service17.4.1791CSORN
Last Known Service1812CSORN
Date of Death5.5.1847 - HavantDAR-1837

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
17.4.1791		Lieutenant	CSORN
17.4.1791		Thisbe (28) 1783-1815 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Second Lieutenant, ADM 6/24/128 Issued by Richard HughesBritish Naval Sailor Service 1785-1796 Confirmed 4.8.1791	ADM 6/24
12.1795	5.12.1796	Childers (14) 1778-1811 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
5.12.1796		Captain	CSORN
3.1797	9.1798	Camilla (20) 1776-1831 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
8.1797	1800	Solebay (32) 1785-1809 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
24.11.1799		Action of 1799-11-24
1.1801	4.1802	Beaulieu (40) 1791-1806 British 40 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
8.1804	9.1807	Melampus (36) 1785-1815 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
14.9.1806		Destruction of the Impétueux
1807	10.1807	Tartar (32) 1801-1811 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
3.1810	8.12.1810	Edgar (74) 1779-1835 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1814 Renamed "Retribution" , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/24 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

DAR-1837 Digital Book

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Posted by Timothy Oakley on Monday 30th of May 2022 19:48

dmiral Stephen Poyntz was baptised on 27 February 1771.1 He was the son of James Poyntz and Mary Sledge.2 He married Frances Lydia Brace, daughter of Francis Brace, on 8 October 1802.1 He died on 12 May 1847 at age 76.1
He was commissioned in 1784, in the service of the Royal Navy.1 He gained the rank of Commander in 1795.1 He gained the rank of Post-Captain in 1796.1 He gained the rank of Rear-Admiral in 1819.1 He gained the rank of Vice-Admiral in 1830.1 He gained the rank of Admiral in 1841.1 He gained the rank of Admiral of the Blue. peerage.com and wikisource.org /wiki /A_Naval_Biographical_Dictionary /Poyntz,_Stephen

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