Nelson, Trafalgar and those who served
 
   

Trafalgar Ancestors

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Henry Blackwood aged 35 born in Killyleagh, Ireland.

Ship: HMS Euryalus

Rank/Rating: Captain

 
 

Personal details

  
   

Born

28 December 1770

  
   

Died

14 December 1832

 
   

Family

Three marriages: 1) Married on 12 January 1795 Jane Mary Crosbie (died 19 January 1798). 2) Married on 3 June 1799 Eliza Waghorn (died 30 October 1802), (one child - Captain Sir Martin Henry Blackwood born 11 June 1801, died 7 January 1851). 3) Married on 9 May 1803 Harriet Gore (died 5 May 1851), (children Harriete Anne Blackwood and Arthur Johnstone Blackwood born 25 April 1808, died 2 January 1874).

 
   

Father

Sir John Blackwood (born 1722, died 27 February 1799).

 
   

Mother

Dorcas Blackwood nee Stevenson (born 1726, died 8 February 1807, Hinde Street, Marylebone, London).

 
   
 

Service details

  
   

HMS Artois

10 March 1782 to 18 January 1783
Rank/rating: Captain's Servant

HMS Boreas

19 January 1783 to 6 May 1783
Rank/rating: Midshipman

HMS Concorde

7 May 1783 to 6 September 1783
Rank/rating: Midshipman

HMS Druid

7 September 1783 to 1 June 1784
Rank/rating: Captain's Servant

HMS Rose

8 June 1784 to 10 May 1785
Rank/rating: Able Seaman

11 May 1785 to 21 July 1785
Rank/rating: Midshipman

HMS Trusty

Ship's pay book number: (SB 227)
5 August 1785 to 11 December 1786
Rank/rating: Midshipman

Ship's pay book number: (SB 227)
12 December 1786 to 18 September 1788
Rank/rating: Able Seaman
Comments: Discharged from HMS Trusty at Portsmouth.

HMS Phaeton

Ship's pay book number: (SLVO 67)
19 September 1788 to 24 October 1788
Rank/rating: Supernumerary

HMS Queen Charlotte

Ship's pay book number: (SB 70)
22 May 1790 to 8 November 1790
Rank/rating: Midshipman
Comments: To join HMS Euryalus by commission dated 17 June 1803.

HMS Euryalus

Ship's pay book number: (SB 1)
22 June 1803 to 10 June 1804
Rank/rating: Captain

Ship's pay book number: (SB 1)
8 August 1804 to August 1805
Rank/rating: Captain
Comments: (Absent from HMS Euryalus early September 1805).

Ship's pay book number: (SB 1)
September 1805 to 14 December 1805 (Was at Trafalgar)
Rank/rating: Captain
Comments: (On Admiralty leave from HMS Euryalus 15 December 1805 to 11 Janaury 1806).

Ship's pay book number: (SB 1)
12 January 1806 to 11 February 1806
Rank/rating: Captain
Comments: Discharged from 11 February 1806 'superceded'.

HMS Ajax

1806

HMS Royal George

HMS Warspite

1807 to 1813
  
   
 

Sources used

  
   

Catalogue reference: ADM 9/1 folio 108

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/16725 Royal Navy ship's muster, HMS Euryalus, June 1803 - August 1804.

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/16726 Royal Navy ship's muster, HMS Euryalus, September 1804 - June 1805.

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/16727 Royal Navy ship's muster, HMS Euryalus, July 1805 - February 1806.

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/16728 Royal Navy ship's muster, HMS Euryalus, February - October 1806.

Catalogue reference: ADM 37/1218 Royal Navy ship's muster, HMS Euryalus, November 1806 - October 1807.

Catalogue reference: ADM 37/1219 Royal Navy ship's muster, HMS Euryalus, November 1807 - June 1808.

Catalogue reference: ADM 107/11 folio 174

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/10601 Royal Navy ship's muster, HMS Trusty, July 1785 - November 1786.

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/10602 Royal Navy ship's muster, HMS Trusty, December 1786 - January 1788.

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/10603 Royal Navy ship's muster, HMS Trusty, February 1788 - February 1789.

Website: http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/sir-henry-blackwoodExternal link - opens in a new window

Website: http://www.thepeerage.com/p13958.htm#i139574External link - opens in a new window

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/10594 Royal Navy ship's muster, HMS Phaeton, August 1787 - November 1788.

Catalogue reference: ADM 36/10746 Royal Navy ship's muster, HMS Queen Charlotte, May - December 1790.