Sir William Martin, 4th Baronet
Sir William Martin Admiral | |
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Commands held | HMS Fly HMS Samarang HMS Queen HMS Trafalgar HMS Prince Regent Channel Squadron Portsmouth Dockyard Mediterranean Fleet Plymouth Command |
Battles/wars | Peruvian War of Independence |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
Early career
Born the eldest son of Admiral of the Fleet
Promoted to captain on 5 June 1824, Martin took command of the sixth-rate HMS Samarang in the Mediterranean Fleet in November 1826 and then went onto half-pay in 1831.[1] He took command of the first-rate HMS Queen at Sheerness in July 1844 and then the first-rate HMS Trafalgar at Sheerness in January 1845 and finally the first-rate HMS Prince Regent in the Channel Squadron in December 1847.[3] He went on to be commodore commanding the Channel Squadron with his broad pennant in HMS Prince Regent in December 1849.[3]
Senior command
Promoted to
Martin went on to become
Family
Martin married on 24 July 1826 Honourable Anne Best, daughter of Lord Wynford. Following her death in 1836, Martin married on 21 May 1838 Sophia Elizabeth Hurt, daughter of Richard Hurt.[3] Martin left five daughters and one son:[8]
- Sir Richard Byam Martin (1841–1910), who succeeded as the 5th Baronet but died without issue when the title became extinct.
- Sophia Elizabeth Martin (died 27 Dec 1902)[10]
- Caroline Matin
- Grace Martin
- Harriette Martin
- Georgiana Martin
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18222. Retrieved 31 December 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Starkey, p. 140
- ^ a b c d e f "William Loney RN". Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ^ "No. 21445". The London Gazette. 3 June 1853. p. 1549.
- ^ "No. 22099". The London Gazette. 19 February 1858. p. 849.
- ^ "No. 22524". The London Gazette. 28 June 1861. p. 2689.
- ^ "No. 22790". The London Gazette. 20 November 1863. p. 5586.
- ^ a b Payson, p. 28
- ^ "No. 23979". The London Gazette. 24 May 1873. p. 2583.
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 36964. London. 30 December 1902. p. 1.
Sources
- William Loney RN Career History
- Laughton, John Knox (1901). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co. . In
- Payson, W.P. (January 1900). "William Martin, Esq". OCLC 2564052.
- Starkey, P.; Starkey, J. (2001). Travellers in Egypt. London: Tauris Parke Paperbacks. ISBN 1-86064-674-3.
Further reading
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). John Murray – via Wikisource. . .
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 795.