Person:Adam Duncan (1)

Lord Admiral Adam Duncan
m. 11 Feb 1723/24
  1. Alexander Duncan - 1796
  2. Helen Duncan
  3. Isabella Duncan
  4. John Duncan
  5. Katherine Duncan - 1774
  6. Lord Admiral Adam Duncan1731 - 1804
  7. Margaret Duncan1738 - 1818
m. 6 Jun 1777
  1. Adamina Duncan - 1857
  2. Catherine Duncan - 1833
  3. Henrietta Duncan - 1850
  4. Jane Duncan - 1852
  5. Mary Tufton Duncan - 1867
  6. William DuncanAbt 1779 - 1789
  7. Alexander DuncanAbt 1781 - 1803
  8. Robert Dundas Duncan1785 - 1859
  9. Henry Duncan1786 - 1835
Facts and Events
Name[1] Lord Admiral Adam Duncan
Alt Name Baron Adam Duncan, of Lundie
Alt Name Viscount Adam Duncan, of Camperdown
Gender Male
Birth? 1 Jul 1731 Lundie, Angus, Scotland
Marriage 6 Jun 1777 to Henrietta Dundas
Death? 1804 Cornhill, Northumberland, England
Burial? Abt 1804 Lundie, Angus, ScotlandLundie Churchyard
Reference Number[3] Q335334?
References
  1. The Haldanes of Gleneagles, by J. Alymer Haldane, Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1929
    808.
  2.   Jordan, John W. (John Woolf). Colonial families of Philadelphia. (New York, New York: Lewis Pub., 1911)
    2:32.

    ... Thomas Smith, born at Aberdeen, in 1692, married Elizabeth Duncan in 1724.

    She was a daughter of Alexander Duncan, Esq., of Lundie county, belonging to a Dundee family of remote antiquity, who married a daughter of Sir Peter Murray, Bart, of Auchtentyre, and had beside Elizabeth, a son Adam Duncan, born 1725, who adopted the naval profession and became celebrated as "the hero of Camperdown." He entered the naval service in 1746, under Robert Haldane, and became Rear Admiral of the Blue in 1789, passing through all the intermediate grades. On October 11, 1797, he achieved a splendid victory over the Dutch fleet, under Admiral de Winter, of Camperdown, and was elevated to the peerage October 30. 1797, as Baron Duncan of Lundie, and Viscount Duncan of Camperdown. He married Henrietta, second daughter of Right Honorable Robert Dundas, of Arniston, Lord President of the Court of Session, and niece of Henry Dundas, Lord Dunira, first Viscount Melville.

    He came to Philadelphia later, and resided for a time at the corner of Front and Arch Streets. ...

    This author appears to be confused about Adam Duncan, who was the grandson of Alexander Duncan and Isabella Murray, according to The Peerage.

  3. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

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    Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, KB (1 July 17314 August 1804) was a British admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown on 11 October 1797. This victory is considered one of the most significant actions in naval history.

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