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Richard Bickerton

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Officer of the British Navy

Richard Bickerton

Personal Details
Date of Birth	1727/06/23
Father	Lieutenant Henry Bickerton, 4th dragoon guards
Mother	Mary Dowdall
Wife	Mary Anne Hussey
Son	Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton
Son	Unknown
Daughter	Unknown
Daughter	Unknown
Date of Death	1792/02/25
Place of Death	London
Naval Service Events
Ship	Date from	Date To	Event	Source
Suffolk	1739/03/21	1742/05/00	As Captains Servant
	1739/03/21		Entered the Navy
Stirling Castle	1742/05/00	1742/10/00	As Captains Servant
Stirling Castle	1742/10/00	0000/00/00	As Midshipman
Worcester	1746/02/08	0000/00/00	As Lieutenant
Promoted to Lieutenant, 1746/02/08
Fougueux	1753/00/00	1756/00/00	As Lieutenant
Royal George	1756/00/00	1758/01/00	As Lieutenant
Namur	1758/01/00	1758/08/02	As Second Lieutenant
Namur	1758/02/23		Sailed for North America	B057
Namur	1758/07/26		At the surrender of Louisbourg then returned home	B057
Promoted to Commander, 1758/08/02
Aetna	1758/08/02	1759/08/21	As Commander
Promoted to Post Captain, 1759/08/21
Glasgow	1759/08/21	1761/05/00	As Post Captain
Lively	1761/05/00	1762/04/00	As Post Captain
Devonshire	1762/04/00	1762/06/00	As Post Captain
Temeraire	1762/06/00	0000/00/00	As Post Captain
Renown	1767/00/00	1767/00/00	As Post Captain
Marlborough	1771/01/00	1773/00/00	As Commander	B057
Augusta	1773/00/00	0000/00/00	As Post Captain
Terrible	1776/00/00	1779/00/00	As Post Captain
	1778/05/29		Created baronet
Fortitude	1780/00/00	1781/00/00	As Post Captain
Gibraltar	1782/02/00	1784/06/00	As Flag Officer
Promoted to Rear-Admiral of the Blue, 1787/09/24
	1790/00/00		Elected as Member of Parliament for Rochester, a position he held until his death
Impregnable	1790/08/00	1791/00/00	As Flag Officer	B057
Promoted to Rear-Admiral of the White, 1790/09/21
Personal Events
Date	Event			Source

Sources

001	Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
002	Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy
B057	British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792	Rif Winfield

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