Person:Henry Darby (2)

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Henry d'Esterre Darby
b.1868
 
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m. 3 Jun 1863
  1. John Charles Homfray Darby1864 -
  2. Walter George Darby1865 - 1938
  3. Selby Lovett Darby1868 - 1899
  4. Henry d'Esterre Darby1868 -
  5. George Scott Darby1870 -
  6. Herbert Milford Darby1872 -
  7. Frederic Milman Darby1875 -
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Name Henry d'Esterre Darby
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 1868
Reference Number? Q5720076?


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Admiral Sir Henry D'Esterre Darby, (9 April 1749 – 30 March 1823) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He was the third son of Jonathan and Susannah Darby of Leap Castle, in King's County, Ireland. He was the nephew of Vice Admiral George Darby. Darby first went to sea when he was thirteen but it was another fourteen years before he made lieutenant, aboard his uncle's ship . In 1781, he was given command of the 8-gun Infernal but was captured after an inconclusive action at the Battle of Porto Praya and remained a prisoner for the rest of the war.

He was promoted to Captain in 1783 and had command of HMS Bellerophon at the Battle of the Nile in 1798.

A letter to Darby from Admiral Nelson, commander of the fleet at the battle, survives:


Darby was promoted to Rear Admiral of the Blue in 1804; Rear Admiral of the White in 1805; Rear Admiral of the Red in 1808; Vice Admiral of the Blue in 1810; Vice Admiral of the White in 1811; Vice Admiral of the Red in 1814; Admiral of the Blue in 1819. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1820.

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  1. ↑ Darby of Leap Castle, in Burke, John Bernard, and Arthur Charles Fox-Davies. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland. (London: Harrison, 1912)
    p. 162.
  2. ↑ Henry d'Esterre Darby, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
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