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	Cuthbert Collingwood aged 57 born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England. Ship: HMS Royal Sovereign Rating/Rank: Vice Admiral of the Blue
	Personal details
		Born	26 September 1748
		Died	7 March 1810
		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 Website: www.familysearch.org
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