Richard Tyrrell (1691-1766)

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Richard Tyrrell

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth1691 - Dublin ref:950
First Known Service29.11.1740CSORN
FatherJames Tyrrellref:950
MotherMaryref:950
WifeRussell Tankardref:950
DaughterAnn Barnesref:950
SonRichard Tyrrellref:950
DaughterCatherine Reilyref:950
Last Known Service5.3.1760CSORN
Date of Death26.6.1766 - West Indies ref:845
Cause of DeathFeverE-WIKI
Will Probated5.8.1766, PROB 11/921/58

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
29.11.1740		Lieutenant	CSORN
16.1.1741/42	10.3.1741/42	Launceston (44) 1741-1784 British 44 Gun 5th Rate Ship of the Line 1752 Renamed "Launceston Hulk" 1758 Renamed "Launceston" , Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/15/4	ADM 6/15
5.3.1742/43		Commander	CSORN
5.3.1742/43	25.12.1743	Comet (8) 1742-1749 British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel , Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/190 Confirmed 17.6.1743	BWAS-1714
26.12.1743		Captain	CSORN
26.12.1743	4.9.1744	Launceston (44) 1741-1784 British 44 Gun 5th Rate Ship of the Line 1752 Renamed "Launceston Hulk" 1758 Renamed "Launceston" , Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/143 Issued by Peter WarrenBritish Naval Sailor Service 1716-1748 , Barbados Confirmed 18.8.1746	BWAS-1714
4.9.1744	21.2.1744/45	Deal Castle (20) 1727-1746 British 20 Gun 4th Rate Frigate , Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/511 Issued by Sir Charles Knowles (1^st Baronet Knowles)British Naval Sailor Service 1718-1770 , Barbados Confirmed 2.2.1749/50	ADM 6/17
7.6.1745	28.4.1747	Lyme (20) 1740-1747 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/512 Issued by The Hon. Fitzroy Henry LeeBritish Naval Sailor Service 1717-1748 , Barbados Confirmed 27.2.1749/50	BWAS-1714
28.4.1747	16.9.1749	Centaur (20) 1746-1761 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/511 Issued by The Hon. Fitzroy Henry LeeBritish Naval Sailor Service 1717-1748 , Barbados Confirmed 30.1.1749/50	BWAS-1714
4.2.1755	1.3.1757	Ipswich (64) 1730-1764 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1757 Renamed "Ipswich Hulk" , Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/128	BWAS-1714
20.5.1757	29.1.1759	Buckingham (68) 1751-1779 British 68 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1777 Renamed "Grampus" , Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/401	BWAS-1714
16.1.1759	19.1.1759	Attack on Martinique
20.1.1759	1.5.1759	Capture of Guadeloupe
25.6.1759	5.3.1760	Foudroyant (80) 1758-1787 British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
21.10.1762		Rear-Admiral of the White	CSORN
7.6.1763	26.6.1766	Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Barbados & the Leeward Islands ADM 6/19/507	ADM 6/19
6.1765	26.6.1766	Princess Louisa (60) 1744-1766 British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White	BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ref:950 Family History

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

ref:845 Web Site

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

ADM 6/15 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

ADM 6/17 Archive

ADM 6/19 Archive

Previous comments on this page

Posted by paula on Thursday 4th of March 2021 15:09

Richard Tyrrell was born 1716 in Dublin and died childless in 1766 aboard a ship on way back to England from Antigua. Catherine Reilly and ann Barnes were his sisters..

Posted by Jennifer Macdonell on Friday 15th of January 2021 16:52

Other sites, more believable put his birth as 1716 0r 17. He cannot have been born in 1691 as stated above with his first service as 1740 at the age of 50! Also thought born Kingswear, Devon, not Dublin. Maybe his father?

Posted by Sylvie on Friday 17th of August 2018 21:23

Correction...Catherine Reilly and Ann Barnes were both sisters of admiral Richard Tyrrell not his daughters and Richard Tyrrell was his nephew not his son!

Posted by Cy on Monday 7th of August 2017 06:57

Thanks, sorted him out a bit.

Posted by Tony Willoughby on Friday 4th of August 2017 16:29

Tyrrell. you have his date of death two years before his last known service - I think that he died in 1766

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