Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope, 1st Baronet

Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope
Born	1754
Died	20 December 1814
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands held	HMS Russell Nore Command
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary Wars

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

Naval career

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]

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

Sources

• Burke, John (1833). A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, Volume 2. Henry Colburn.
• Ralfe, James (1820). The Naval Chronology of Great Britain; Or, An Historical Account of Naval and Maritime Events. Whitmore and Fenn.
• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1844157006.