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Packet Commanders

Commanders employed in the Falmouth Postal Packet Service

Name Command(s) Year Route Notes

Ball Antegoe 1706-11 W. Indies Edmund Dummer

Baun, Peter King George 1746 Lisbon Retired 1771

Binney, John Lt. R.N. Star 1835-36 N. America Drowned in a gale 1836

Bonnell, John Dodd Harriott 1755 New York

Duke of York_1 1762-1775 (retired)

Bonell, Robert Fox 1756 Corunna

(Buried Mylor 4 Jan.1757)

Braily/ Brayley, Joseph Harriott 1760-61 New York (Master, acting commander for 2 voyages)

(Married Elizabeth Row, 1768) Expedition 1779 Lisbon "Brayley" (SM 8 April 1779 arrival spelling)

Braithwaite

Buck Prince George 1703 Edmund Dummer

Burnaby, William Pitt, Dashwood 1778 Gibraltar

Caddy, James Mary Ann 1811-13 W. Indies, America (Taken)

Chenall Mansbridge 1702-05 W. Indies (taken) Edmund Dummer

Clements, William (died 1798) Active (taken)

Princess Charlotte

Cock, James Diana 1810 W. Indies & America, Etc.

Crocker, Henry Lt. R N,1842 Tyrian

Teviot 1842 To Coastguard 1843

Cooper, John King George 1739 Lisbon

Copland, William Duke of York_1 1761 [delivery when new]

Swallow II 1771 Charlestown & S. Carolina

Corbett Prince George 1703 Lisbon? Edmund Dummer

Crosby, James, Lt. R N. Dove 1823-26

Dashwood, James Queen Charlotte 1 1780-81 America & West Indies

Cumberland 1781-83

Captain Dashwood was dismissed by the Post-Office for irregularities. He had dismissed part of his crew before he sailed without a full compliment of crew (Report of Committee on Post Office, P.124).

Dashwood, William Duke of York_1 1775 Lisbon

Expedition 1779 Lisbon

Jane 1794 Lisbon

Walsingham 1796 America, W. Indies

Deake, Christopher (died 1806) Vigilant (Ex Comet) 1781 America & W. Indies

[owned 8 ships 1781-1805*] Cumberland 1783 America & W. Indies

*packet building at Salcombe Earl Gower 1799 Lisbon (captured 1801)

Duke of York 1801 Lisbon (taken 1803)

Diana 1804 Lisbon

Lord Hobart* 1805 Lisbon Deake died 11 October, 1806

Dillon, Robert Duke 1705 West Indies (Dummer)

Dickensen, John Duke of York_1 1776 Lisbon

Dodd, Richard Marquis of Kildare 1798 W. Indies & America (Temporary packet)

Townshend 1800-08 W. Indies & Lisbon (Dodd died 1809)

Douglas, John. Lt. R.N. Swift 1841-47

Douglas, Stephen Lovel 1759 Gibraltar

Earl of Bessingham 1761 Gibraltar & the Groyne

Drysdall, James Darlington 1813 America & W. Indies

Dunlap, D. R., Lt. R.N. Acheron

Dyneley, Birt Diana 1805 America & W. Indies

[killed in action] Duke of Montrose 1806 America & W. Indies - in Action

Edwards, Duke 1761 W. Indies Grenville 1765 W.I., Florida & S. Carolina

Duncannon 1766 W.I., Florida & S. Carolina

Ellworthy, Edward V. Lapwing 1812 America & W. Indies

Furster, George Brooks, Lt. R N. Dove 1826-28

Furse, John Lapwing 1813 America & W. Indies - Taken

Gibbon, Henry D. Diana 1806 America & W. Indies

Gibson, Mitchell Princess Elizabeth 1816 America & W. Indies

Goodridge, John Duke of Cumberland 1755 -1770 ( Groyne & New York) - retired from service 1773 (buried Mylor 27 Dec, 1781)

Hales, Peter King George 1722 Lisbon

Hartney, John Lapwing 1811 W. Indies & America - in Action

Harvey, Richard Darlington 1811 America & W. Indies, Cadiz

Haslewood, Michael Swallow 1707 Lisbon

Hoare, William O' Brien, Lt. R. N. Dolphin 1843-35 Rio-River Plate Branch Service

Hooper Diligence 1708 Taken 1708

James, William Diana 1810 W. Indies & N. America -in Action

Jennings, Edward Diana 1814 W. Indies & N. America

Jones, Colin Duchess of York 1795 Corunna

Jones, Lee Colworth 1790 W. Indies, America , etc.

Kempthorne, William Grenville 2 (1765) Command w.e.f. 19/11/1776 (W. India Islands) - badly wounded 1778

Antelope 1780 New Post-Office Packet (command w.e.f. 19/1/1780)

Kerr

Kidd, John Princess Elizabeth 1800-16 W. Indies & N. America

Leaine / Lean, Peter Boscawen 1720-28 Lisbon

[buried Mylor 1733] King George 1728- Lisbon

Leslie, William General Wall 1755 New York

Levinge, Reginald T. J., Lt. R. N. Dolphin 1845-6 Rio-River Plate Branch Service

Lory, William Lt. R N. Delight 1837-42 Leeward Islands & Jamaica

[Buried St. Keverne 1868] Swift 1847-48

Express

Lovell, Tho. King George 1744 Lisbon

Lucas, Richard Prince George 1706 Lisbon Edmund Dummer

Lutwidge, Walter General Wall 1757 New York

Miller, William S., Lt. RN Dolphin 1846-47 Rio-river Plate Branch Service

Moore, John A., Lt. R N Delight 1835-37 Died On Passage To Mexico

Moorsom, Isaac Lt. R N. Princess Ameila 1808 W. Indies, N America -Moorsom & Master Killed 15/9/1812

Mudge, John Diana 1806 (ref Howat)

Newman, Charles Swallow II 1776 Charlestown SC (Taken 1777)

Carteret 1778

Nichol, John Swallow 1755 Corunna

Parsons, John Diana 1811 W. Indies

Phillips, Owen Duke 1753-63 W. Indies

Phillips, Samuel Swallow 1745 W. Indies

Prole, Henry Duke of York_1 1761-62 Lisbon

Raite ? King George 1745 Lisbon (master in command?)

Rattray, John Adelphi

Richards, John Roebuck 1782-88 America & W Indies

Roberts, Richard, Lt., R. N. Sirius Str. 1838: Mail & News ex New York (ONCE)

Roberts, William Princess Elizabeth W. Indies, America, etc. Taken 2/1797

Dashwood 1779 Gibraltar, America Etc.

Harlequin Temporary packet, Master in command

Lady Arabella

Walsingham Lisbon

Robinson, Thomas General Wall 1761 New York

Sampson, Thomas Adventure

St. Aubyn, John Princess Augusta 1806 Gibraltar & Malta

St. John, James, Lt. R.N. (1808) Dove 1826 Buenos Aires

[Promoted to Commander, 1842] Lyra 1929-37

Sharp, John Prince William Henry 1786

Weymouth 1798

Leicester 1799

Sherborn, Joseph Hanover 1755-1763 Lisbon Lost 1763

(7-Yrs War 1755-63)

Schuyler, Adoniah (d.1814) Auckland 1779 - ? W. Indies, America etc.

Princes Royal 1793

Prince Ernest 1795

Jane 1798

Auckland 1799 - 1808?

Schuyler, Adoniah, Jnr.(d.1851) Auckland 1808 W. Indies, America etc.

Diana 1809-10 3 trips J. Parsons Acting

Earl of Sandwich 1810

Shouldrane, Moloneux Adder

Skinner, John (Falmouth) Princess Augusta 1793 Leewards & Lisbon

Princess Royal 1794-1799 West Indies

Skinner, John (Holyhead) Lightning Str. 1821 Holyhead-Howth

Died on Escape 1832 Holyhead-Howth

Sleeman, Philip Diana 1818 W. Indies, America Etc.

Suttie, Charles Swallow II 1771 Charlestown

Symons, Wm. Henry Lt. R.N. Spitfire Str. 1834 Corfu

Meteor Str.

Terway, John Boscawen 1816-20 Lisbon [succeeded by Peter Leaine, 24/2/1720-28 ( Corunna)]

Thompson, William Princess Augusta 1803 Gibraltar & Malta

Tilley, John Adventure

Uring, Nat. [Nathaniel] Prince George 1704 (taken Prisoner) Edmund Dummer

Vinicombe, Edward Despatch 1810 W. Indies, America, Etc.

Wauchope, George King George 1771 Lisbon Action 1781. Ret'd 1787

Swallow (II) 1768 Charlestown (new service)

Welch, R. David, Lt. R N. Swift 1836-41 Madeira, Brazils, Buenos Ayres

White, Joseph Prince Regent 1820

Yescombe, Edward Bayntun King George 1787 Lisbon Wounded & Died 1803