Richard Dacres Military person

Sir Richard Dacres GCH (September 1761 – 22 January 1837) was an officer of the British Royal Navy who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. A member of a substantial naval dynasty, he eventually rose to the rank of vice admiral.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1761
Date of deathJanuary 22, 1837
Place of death
Bath Somerset , Somerset

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Military person

allegiance
United Kingdom
Great Britain
award
Royal Guelphic Order
military operations
American Revolutionary War
Alexandria expedition of 1807
Battle of Copenhagen (1807)
Battle of the Chesapeake
Napoleonic Wars
Dardanelles Operation
Battle of Saint Kitts
French Revolutionary Wars
Battle of the Saintes
military branch
Royal Navy
military command
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* HMS Pompee
* Hired armed brig Union
* Royal Naval Asylum Greenwich
relation
service start1775
service end1837

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