Nelson, Trafalgar and those who served

 
   

Trafalgar Ancestors

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Cuthbert Collingwood aged 57 born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England.

Ship: HMS Royal Sovereign

Rank/Rating: Vice Admiral of the Blue

 
 

Personal details

 
   

Born

26 September 1748

 
   

Died

7 March 1810
on board HMS Ville De Paris.

 
   

Family

married Sarah Blackett, (baptised 5 July 1762, St Andrew (non conformist), Newcastle Upon Tyne; died 17 September 1819), on 16 June 1791, St Nicholas Church (non conformist), Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland. Sarah Collingwood, (daughter), (born 28 May 1792, Saint John, Newcastle Upon Tyne; married George Lewis Newnham Collingwood, 30 May 1816; died 25 November 1851. Mary Patience Collingwood, (daughter), (baptised 9 September 1793 , St John, Newcastle Upon Tyne ; married Anthony Denny, 16 June 1817, Marylebone, Middlesex; died 18 September 1823.

 
   

Father

Cuthbert Collingwood (born 1712, died 1775)

 
   

Mother

Milcah Collingwood nee Dobson

 
   

Notes

Cuthbert Collingwood was court martialled on 30 September 1777 on board HMS Winchelsea in Port Royal, Jamaica, charged with neglect of duty, charges which were not proved (TNA catalogue reference ADM 1/5308 RH 471-RH 483).

 
   
 

Service details

 
   

HMS Shannon

Ship's pay book number: (SB 331) and (SB 272
28 August 1761 to 20 December 1765
Rank/rating: Able Seaman

HMS Gibraltar

Ship's pay book number: (SB 8)
24 February 1766 to 27 March 1767
Rank/rating: Midshipman

HMS Liverpool

Ship's pay book number: (SB 81)
1 October 1767 to 2 March 1772
Rank/rating: Master's Mate

HMS Lenox

Ship's pay book number: (SB 608)
7 March 1772 to 22 April 1773
Rank/rating: Midshipman

Ship's pay book number: (SB 608)
23 April 1773 to 11 May 1773
Rank/rating: Master's Mate

Ship's pay book number: (SB 608)
12 May 1773 to 26 February 1774
Rank/rating: Midshipman

HMS Preston

Ship's pay book number: (SB 167)
27 February 1774 to 28 September 1774
Rank/rating: Midshipman

Ship's pay book number: (SB 167)
29 September 1774 to 17 June 1775
Rank/rating: Master's Mate

HMS Somerset

Ship's pay book number: (SB 919)
17 June 1775 to 24 February 1776
Rank/rating: 4th Lieutenant

HMS Hornet

Ship's pay book number: (SB 7)
25 March 1776 to 1 July 1778
Rank/rating: Lieutenant

HMS Lowestoffe

Ship's pay book number: (SB 347)
2 July 1778 to 25 December 1778
Rank/rating: 2nd Lieutenant

HMS Badger

Ship's pay book number: (SB 319)
20 June 1779 to 23 March 1780
Rank/rating: Commander

HMS Hinchinbroke

Ship's pay book number: (SB 272)
2 May 1780 to 19 December 1780
Rank/rating: Captain

HMS Pelican

Ship's pay book number: (SB 478)
20 December 1780 to 1 August 1781
Rank/rating: Commander
Comments: HMS Pelican was lost in a hurricane at Port Morant Keys, Jamaica.

HMS Sampson

Ship's pay book number: (SB 689)
10 January 1783 to 16 April 1783
Rank/rating: Captain

HMS Mediator

Ship's pay book number: (SB 1)
28 April 1783 to 3 August 1786
Rank/rating: Captain

HMS Mermaid

Ship's pay book number: (SB 41)
8 July 1790 to 4 May 1791
Rank/rating: Captain

HMS Prince

Ship's pay book number: (SB 31)
11 March 1793 to 14 January 1794
Rank/rating: Captain

HMS Hector

Ship's pay book number: (SB 1)
7 August 1794 to 2 November 1794
Rank/rating: Captain

HMS Excellent

Ship's pay book number: (SB 885)
21 December 1794 to 14 January 1799
Rank/rating: Captain

HMS Triumph

27 May 1799 to 17 January 1800
Rank/rating: Rear Admiral of the White

HMS Barfleur

20 January 1800 to 6 May 1802
Rank/rating: Rear Admiral of the White

HMS Diamond

2 June 1803 to 11 June 1803
Rank/rating: Rear Admiral of the Red

HMS Venerable

12 June 1803 to 10 August 1803
Rank/rating: Rear Admiral of the Red

HMS Minotaur

5 August 1803 to 22 August 1803

HMS Venerable

23 August 1803 to 26 December 1803

HMS Colossus

26 December 1803 to 5 February 1804

HMS Culloden

6 February 1804 to 1 May 1804
Rank/rating: Rear Admiral of the Red

2 May 1804 to 6 May 1804
Rank/rating: Vice Admiral of the Blue

HMS Prince

7 May 1804 to 26 June 1804
Rank/rating: Vice Admiral of the Blue

HMS Dreadnought

22 August 1804 to 10 October 1805
Rank/rating: Vice Admiral of the Blue

HMS Royal Sovereign

11 October 1805 to 21 October 1805
Rank/rating: Vice Admiral of the Blue

HMS Euryalus

22 October 1805 to 31 October 1805
Rank/rating: Vice Admiral of the Blue

HMS Queen

3 November 1805 to 23 April 1806
Rank/rating: Vice Admiral of the Red

HMS Ocean

24 April 1806 to 1809
Rank/rating: Vice Admiral of the Red

HMS Ville De Paris

15 April 1809 to 7 March 1810
 
   
 

Sources used

 
   

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/15755

Catalogue reference: ADM 33/684

Catalogue reference: ADM 32/228

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/7380

Catalogue reference: ADM 33/656

Catalogue reference: ADM 33/655

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/8090

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/8091

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/7895

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/7896

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/10049

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/9896

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/9897

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/8118

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/9883

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/9884

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/9511

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/9710

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/9711

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/9670

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/9672

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/10481

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/10483

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/10945

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/11181

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/11812

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/11877

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/15386

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/14021

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/16704

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/15533

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/16051

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/15533

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/15819

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/15692

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/16272

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/15952

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/15755

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/16727

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/16285

Catalogue reference: ADM 37/11

Catalogue reference: ADM 35/3965

Catalogue reference: ADM 107/6

Book reference: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/5308

Book reference: Burkes Landed Gentry

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