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George Clinton
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Honourable George Clinton
Personal Details
Date of Birth | 1686 | Place of Birth | | Father's Name | Francis Clinton, 6th Earl of Lincoln (1635-1693) | Mother's Name | Susan Penniston | Child | General Sir Henry Clinton | Child | Lucy Mary, married Robert Roddam | Child | Son, died in infancy | Child | Son, died in infancy | Child | Daughter, died in infancy | Child | Daughter, died in infancy | Date of Death | 10 July 1761 |
Naval Service Details
Midshipman
Lieutenant
Date | Ship | Notes | 1709 | | Entered Naval service |
Commander
Captain
Date | Ship | Notes | 16 June 1716 | Speedwell | Promoted to post captain and commissioned | 1720 | Monck | | 16 April 1720 | Monck | Sailed to the Baltic under Sir John Norris (W004) | 1720 | Monck | The Monck was lost in a severe storm, although her crew and stores were saved (W004) | 1721 | Nottingham | Appointed after the loss of the Monck (W004) | 1722 | Nottingham | Left the vessel and was not employed further (B051) | 1726 | Colchester | Commissioned and to the Mediterranean under Rear-Admiral Hopson (W004) | April 1727 | Colchester | Still in the Medierranean. Escorted the merchant fleet to Smyrna (W004) | 1727 | Colchester | Attacks on Spanish batteries in the vicinity of Gibraltar (W004) | September 1727 | Colchester | Escorted the merchant fleet back to England, where the ship was laid up (W004) | July 1728 | Sunderland | As a guard ship (B051) | May 1729 | Sunderland | Removed from the ship (B051) | 1732 | | Appointed as commodore of the squadron to protect the Newfoundland fisheries (B051) | 15 June 1732 | Namur | Commissioned as flag captain to Admiral Sir Charles Wager (W004) | 1734 | Namur | Replaced by captain John Barnsley when admiral Haddock was appointed (W004) | 1734 | Berwick | (W004) | 1737 | | Commodore and Commander-in-Chief of the ships for the Mediterranean (B051) | 1739 | Prince Frederick | (B051) | 1740 | Marlborough | (B051) |
Rear-Admiral of the Red
Date | Ship | Notes | 7 December 1743 | | While governor of New York |
Vice-Admiral or the White
Date | Ship | Notes | 19 June 1744 | | While governor of New York |
Vice-Admiral or the Red
Date | Ship | Notes | 23 April 1745 | | While governor of New York |
Admiral of the White
Date | Ship | Notes | 15 July 1747 | | While governor of New York |
Date | Ship | Notes | March 1757 | | Appointed |
Other Details
1731 | Appointed Commodore Governor of Newfoundland | 1732 | Succeeded as Governor by Edward Falkingham | 14 July 1741 | Appointed Colonial Governor of New York | September 1743 | Arrived in New York to take up his post | 1753 | Replaced as Governor of New York by Sir Danvers Osborn | 31 May 1754 | Elected as Member of Parliament for Saltash |
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