Henry Edwyn Stanhope

Vice Admiral Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope, 1st Baronet (1754 – 20 December 1814) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.

Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope
Born1754
Died20 December 1814
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankVice Admiral
Commands heldHMS Russell
Nore Command
Battles/warsAmerican Revolutionary War
French Revolutionary Wars

Stanhope was commanding officer of the third-rate HMS Russell at the Battle of Saint Kitts in January 1782 during the American Revolutionary War. He went on to be Second-in-Command of the fleet, with his flag in the 74-gun ship of the line HMS Pompee, at the Battle of Copenhagen where the navy provided support for the besieging force in April 1801 during the French Revolutionary Wars.[1] He was created a baronet on 13 November 1807[2] and, after serving as Admiral Superintendent at Woolwich,[3] became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1810 and retired as Vice-Admiral of the Blue.[4]

In the summer of 1809 he served on the panel of judges at the Court-martial of James, Lord Gambier which assessed whether Admiral Lord Gambier had failed to support Captain Lord Cochrane at the Battle of Basque Roads in April 1809. Gambier was controversially cleared of all charges. [5]

Family

Stanhope married Margaret Malbone; they had a son, Commander Edwyn Francis Scudamore Stanhope RN, 2nd Baronet (1793-1874) and two daughters.[2]

References

  1. "Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope, 1st Baronet". The Peerage.com. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  2. Burke, p. 477
  3. Ralfe, p. 120
  4. Winfield, p. 17
  5. Gurney, W.B. (1809). Minutes of a court-martial . . . on the trial of James Lord Gambier. Mottey, Harrison & Miller.

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Military offices
Preceded by
Thomas Wells
Commander-in-Chief, The Nore
18101811
Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Williams
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Stanwell)
1807–1814
Succeeded by
Edwin Scudamore-Stanhope
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