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 |
Date | Ship | Notes |
Date | Ship | Notes |
1709 | Entered Naval service |
Date | Ship | Notes |
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) |
Date | Ship | Notes |
7 December 1743 | While governor of New York |
Date | Ship | Notes |
19 June 1744 | While governor of New York |
Date | Ship | Notes |
23 April 1745 | While governor of New York |
Date | Ship | Notes |
15 July 1747 | While governor of New York |
Date | Ship | Notes |
March 1757 | Appointed |
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 |
Date | Source | |
B051 | Biographia Navalis Vol IV | John Charnock |
W004 | Ships of the Old Navy | Michael Phillips |