Henry Curzon

Henry Curzon
Henry Curzon
	Portrait by William Hamilton
Born	24 May 1765
Died	2 May 1846 (aged 80)
Allegiance	Great Britain; United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1776–1810
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Brisk; HMS Tisiphone; HMS Lapwing; HMS Pallas; HMS Indefatigable; HMS Elizabeth;
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War; • Great Siege of Gibraltar; • Battle of Providien; • Battle of Negapatam; • Battle of Trincomalee; • Battle of Cuddalore; French Revolutionary Wars; • Glorious First of June; • Cornwallis's Retreat; Anglo-Russian War;

Admiral Henry Curzon (24 May 1765 – 2 May 1846) was a Royal Navy officer who held commands during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.

Curzon was the fifth son of

Relief of Gibraltar in 1781, and then to the East Indies in 1782, to reinforce the fleet under Sir Edward Hughes. Curzon transferred aboard the flagship, Superb, and fought in the battles of Providien, Negapatam, and Trincomalee. On 1 February 1783, he received a lieutenancy on Monarca and was with that ship at the Battle of Cuddalore in 1783, his last action in the East.^[1]

From July 1784 to March 1790, he was successively lieutenant aboard

post captain.^[1]

In June 1791, Curzon was given the

mentioned in despatches for his good performance.^[2] Pallas was lost when she went aground under Mount Batten in a storm on 4 April 1798.^[1]

On 28 February 1799, Curzon took command of

third rate Elizabeth. Elizabeth was part of the fleet under Sir Charles Cotton that blockaded Lisbon during the "Anglo-Russian War", escorted the Russians to Portsmouth, and helped cover the evacuation after Corunna. He was sent out to the Brazil station in early 1809 to search for a French fleet supposed to be bound for the River Plate. Having made a junction with the forces there and found no sign of the French, Curzon escorted a homeward-bound convoy and returned in April 1810. He found he had been appointed a Colonel of Marines on 25 October 1809.^[1] His last command was of a squadron blockading Cherbourg.^[3]

On 31 July 1810, Curzon was promoted to

vice-admiral on 4 June 1814 and admiral on 22 July 1830.^[1] He was unmarried and left no children when he died at his residence in Derby on 2 May 1846.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Curzon, Henry" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.
^ "No. 13790". The London Gazette. 23 June 1795. p. 656.
^ ^a ^b Sylvanus Urban, ed. (1846). "Obituaries". The Gentleman's Magazine. 180: 92.

[nbd-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Curzon, Henry" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

[2] "No. 13790". The London Gazette. 23 June 1795. p. 656.

[gent-3] Sylvanus Urban, ed. (1846). "Obituaries". The Gentleman's Magazine. 180: 92.

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