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NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth6.3.1705/6 - Thames Ditton, SurreyTRN3
First Known Service1718TRN3
FatherThomas Pocock (1672-1745)ODNB
MotherJoyce Master (d.1745)ODNB
WifeSophia Pitt Drake (d.1767) - Married 28.11.1763ODNB
DaughterSophia (d. 1811)ODNB
SonGeorge (1765–1840)ODNB
UncleStreynsham Master (1680/81-1725)ODNB
CousinThe Hon. John Byng (1704-1757)ODNB
Last Known Service11.9.1766TRN3
Date of Death3.4.1792 - Curzon Street, LondonTRN3
IDDescriptionAuthorType
George Pocock
NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth6.3.1705/6 - Thames Ditton, Surrey
First Known Service1718
FatherThomas Pocock (1672-1745)
MotherJoyce Master (d.1745)
WifeSophia Pitt Drake (d.1767) - Married 28.11.1763
DaughterSophia (d. 1811)
SonGeorge (1765–1840)
UncleStreynsham Master (1680/81-1725)
CousinThe Hon. John Byng (1704-1757)
Last Known Service11.9.1766
Date of Death3.4.1792 - Curzon Street, London
Event History
| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.11.1721 | 20.9.1722 | Looe (42), Midshipman Ordinary ADM 107/3/152 | ODNB |
| 25.5.1723 | 13.4.1724 | Prince Frederick (70), Midshipman Ordinary ADM 107/3/152 | ODNB |
| 19.4.1725 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination | ODNB | |
| 7.12.1726 | Lieutenant ADM 6/13/204 | CSORN | |
| 28.6.1732 | 22.8.1732 | Namur (90), Third Lieutenant ADM 6/14/116 | ADM 6/14 |
| 9.5.1733 | 26.2.1733/34 | Namur (90), First Lieutenant ADM 6/14/44 | ADM 6/14 |
| 26.2.1733/34 | Commander ADM 6/14/169 | CSORN | |
| 26.2.1733/34 | 10.10.1737 | Bridgewater (32), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/169 | BWAS-1603 |
| 1.8.1738 | Captain ADM 6/15/445 | CSORN | |
| 1.8.1738 | 15.12.1741 | Aldborough (8), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/445 Commission confirmed 26.8.1741 | BWAS-1714 |
| 16.8.1742 | 19.8.1742 | Suffolk (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/85 | ADM 6/16 |
| 20.8.1742 | 30.12.1742 | Woolwich (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/89 | ADM1 |
| 31.12.1742 | 3.4.1743 | Shrewsbury (80), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/131 | ADM 6/16 |
| 4.4.1743 | 9.1747 | Sutherland (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/166 | BWAS-1714 |
| 2.11.1744 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Plymouth ADM 6/16/377 | ADM 6/16 | |
| 6.5.1748 | 9.9.1748 | Sutherland (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/390 Issued by Henry Osborne (1694-1771) Commission confirmed 18.10.1748 | ADM 6/17 |
| 23.7.1752 | 17.11.1752 | Cumberland (66), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/41 | BWAS-1714 |
| 24.1.1754 | 28.3.1754 | Eagle (60), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/88 | ODNB |
| 28.3.1754 | 4.7.1755 | Cumberland (66), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/95 | ADM 6/18 |
| 4.2.1755 | Rear-Admiral of the White ADM 6/18/130 | CSORN | |
| 4.7.1755 | 1757 | Cumberland (66), as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White | BWAS-1714 |
| 11.1.1756 | 14.1.1756 | Capture of Geriah | |
| 4.6.1756 | Rear-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/18/278 | CSORN | |
| 8.12.1756 | Vice-Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/18/331 | ADM 6/18 | |
| 1757 | 1759 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — East Indies | EWIKI |
| 24.2.1757 | Vice-Admiral of the White ADM 6/18/362 | ADM 6/18 | |
| 7.3.1757 | 1.4.1757 | Expedition against Chandernagore | |
| 22.3.1757 | 23.3.1757 | Tiger (60), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the White | W029 |
| 1758 | 1760 | Yarmouth (64), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Red | BWAS-1714 |
| 31.1.1758 | Vice-Admiral of the Red ADM 6/18/480 | ADM 6/18 | |
| 29.4.1758 | Commanded the British squadron at the Battle of Cuddalore | ||
| 3.8.1758 | Commanded the British Squadron at the Battle of Negapatam | ||
| 10.9.1759 | Commanded the British Squadron at the Battle of Pondicherry | ||
| 26.1.1760 | 18.3.1768 | Elected a Member of Parliament for Plymouth | HPO |
| 10.2.1761 | Admiral of the Blue ADM 6/19/277 | ADM 6/19 | |
| 23.3.1761 | Appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath | TKE1 | |
| 1762 | 21.10.1762 | Namur (90), as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral | BWAS-1714 |
| 6.6.1762 | 13.8.1762 | Commander-in-Chief at the Operations against Havana | |
| 6.6.1762 | 13.8.1762 | Operations against Havana | |
| 21.10.1762 | 1763 | Namur (90), as Flag Officer, Admiral | BWAS-1714 |
| 1763 | Married Sophia (2 children) | ODNB | |
| 2.8.1766 | Pocock wrote to William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham "I take the liberty to ... express my surprise you should put such an indignity as I find your Lordship has, upon fifteen flag officers; I don’t mean to derogate from the merits of the worthy Admiral [Sir Charles Saunders] who is placed at the head of the Board of Admiralty for whom I have a great regard, but I apprehend it will occasion discontent and murmuring and may prove worse in its effects; for my own part, who have served the Crown upwards of forty-eight years, I can’t help thinking some notice might have been taken of me when a flag officer was in question to preside as chief in the naval department. And this unworthy treatment occasions me to take notice of it to your Lordship, who had formerly a pretty good opinion of the services I had rendered my King and country." | HPO | |
| 11.9.1766 | Resigned his flag in an audience with the King | HPO | |
| 1786 | 1790 | Appointed Master of Trinity House | ODNB |
Sources
IDDescriptionAuthorType
TRN3The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the present Vol IIIWilliam Laid ClowesDigital Book
TKE1The Knights of England. A complete record Vol IWilliam Arthur Shaw and George Dames BurtchaellDigital Book