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Admiral Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton, 2nd Baronet, KCB

Male 1759 - 1832  (72 years)


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  1. 1.  Admiral Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton, 2nd Baronet, KCB was born on 11 Oct 1759 in Southampton, Hampshire; died on 9 Feb 1832 in The Circus, Bath, Somerset.

    Notes:

    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]