Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 3rd Baronet
Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor | |
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| Born | 14 October 1781 Langley Hall, Loddon, Norfolk |
| Died | 14 March 1861 (aged 79) Langley Hall, Loddon, Norfolk |
| Buried | St. Michael and All Saints Church, Langley 52°33′19″N 1°28′21″E / 52.555237°N 1.472591°E |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Great Britain United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Service/ | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1794–1809 |
| Rank | Admiral |
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Admiral Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 3rd Baronet (14 October 1781 – 14 March 1861) was an officer in the British Royal Navy, who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Biography
Beauchamp-Proctor was born at Langley Hall, Loddon, Norfolk, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, 2nd Baronet, and Mary, the second daughter of Robert Palmer, of Sonning, Berkshire. His younger brothers were Colonel Richard Beauchamp-Proctor[1] of the Grenadier Guards (d. 11 August 1850)[2] and Captain Robert Beauchamp-Proctor of the Madras Artillery (d. 23 May 1813). His nephew, Edward Halhead Beauchamp-Proctor,[3] also served as a naval officer.[1]
Beauchamp-Proctor entered the Royal Navy on 4 September 1794, with the rank of able seaman, aboard the 32-gun frigate Stag under Captain Joseph Sydney Yorke. There was a family connection: Beauchamp-Proctor's grandfather Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 1st Baronet was, through his second wife Laetitia Johnson's sister Agneta, a brother-in-law of Charles Yorke, Joseph Sydney Yorke's father. On 22 August 1795, now a midshipman, he took part in the engagement off Norway between four Royal Navy frigates and two frigates and a cutter from the Navy of the Batavian Republic. Stag captured the 36-gun frigate Alliante with 240 men aboard, after an action of about an hour, in which the enemy lost between 40 and 50 men killed and wounded, and the British only 4 killed, and 13, including Beauchamp-Proctor, wounded.[1]
He continued to serve in the Stag on the home station until January 1798, when he joined the 98-gun ship London, under Captain John Child Purvis, off Lisbon. The following July he moved to the frigate Flora, under Captain Robert Gambier Middleton, in the Mediterranean, where he was lent for short periods to the frigates Alcmene under Captain Henry Digby, and Minerve under Captain George Cockburn.[1]
Beauchamp-Proctor was commissioned as acting-lieutenant aboard the ship Foudroyant, flagship of Admiral Lord Keith, in August 1800, and on 22 October was transferred to the frigate Diana under Captain Thomas Stephenson. He received confirmation of his commission from the Admiralty on 25 February 1801, and then served in the Egyptian campaign, receiving the Turkish gold medal.[1]
He was promoted to commander on 29 April 1802, and in April 1803, was appointed to command of the
Beauchamp-Proctor spent the next six months in Saracen, cruising in the Channel, before sailing for the East Indies in March 1805 aboard Hindostan. On his arrival in July he was given acting-command of the 36-gun frigate Dédaigneuse, but was not confirmed in his post-rank until 5 September 1806.[1]
On 21 November 1808, at sunset, Dédaigneuse was stationed off the
Beauchamp-Proctor returned to Britain on sick-leave in November 1809, and despite never serving at sea again, received regular promotions;[1] to rear-admiral in November 1846,[5] to vice-admiral in September 1850,[6] and in June 1857 to admiral, on the retired list.[7]
On 20 May 1812 he married Anne Gregory (1792-1859), the daughter of Thomas Gregory and Julia Elizabeth Brograve, and the niece and heir of Thomas Brograve, of Springfield Place, Essex, and granddaughter of
Beauchamp-Proctor was appointed
Beauchamp-Proctor died on 14 March 1861, and he, alongside many other members of his family, was buried at the church of St Michael and All Saints, close to his family home.[10]
See also
- Proctor-Beauchamp baronets
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.
References
- Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin. Part XIII Nos. 1801-1950". Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives. 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- A Naval Biographical Dictionary. London: John Murray.
- ^ Marshall, John (1827). Royal Naval Biography : or Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains and commanders, whose names appeared on the Admiralty list of sea officers at the commencement of the year 1760, or who have since been promoted; illustrated by a series of historical and explanatory notes. With copious addenda. Vol. Supplement Part I. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. pp. 165–168. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ "No. 20660". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 November 1846. p. 3994.
- ^ "No. 21133". The London Gazette. 6 September 1850. p. 2415.
- ^ "No. 22014". The London Gazette. 23 June 1857. p. 2164.
- ^ "No. 17636". The London Gazette. 23 September 1820. p. 1798.
- ^ "No. 18872". The London Gazette. 15 November 1831. p. 2354.
- ^ "Langley - St Michael's churchyard survey". Loddon and District Local History Group. 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
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