Admiral Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton, 2nd Baronet, KCB

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Admiral Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton, 2nd Baronet, KCB, (11 October 1759 – 9 February 1832) was a British naval officer. He was born in Southampton, the son of Vice-admiral Sir Richard Bickerton and first served aboard HMS Medway in June 1774, in the Mediterranean. His first command came in March 1779 when he was given HM Sloop Swallow as a reward for his part in an engagement with a much larger opponent. Bickerton later joined Rodney's squadron in the West Indies where he took part in the capture of Sint Eustatius in 1781. Making post captain on 8 February 1781, he took temporary command of HMS Invincible and fought in her at the Battle of Fort Royal on 29 April 1781.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Richard_Bickerton,_2nd_Baronet

Richard married Anne Athill on 25 Sep 1788 in Antigua, West Indies. Anne was born in 1769; died on 2 Mar 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton, 1st Baronet (23 June 1727 – 25 February 1792) was a British naval officer who finished his career as a rear admiral in the Royal Navy and was ennobled as the first Baronet Bickerton of Upwood. He served in several naval engagements, and died Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in 1792. His son Richard Hussey Bickerton, who likewise rose to flag rank in the Royal Navy, succeeded to the baronetcy following his death.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Richard_Bickerton,_1st_Baronet

Richard married Mary Anne Hussey in 1758. Mary (daughter of Thomas Hussey) was born on 11 May 1740; died on 29 Aug 1811. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Occupation: Minera, Denbighshire, Wales; Weaver