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About Henry D'Esterre Darby
Admiral of the Blue Sir Henry D'Esterre Darby, was a Royal Navy officer. He was the third son of Jonathan and Susannah Darby of Leap Castle, in King's County, Ireland. He was the nephew of Vice-admiral George Darby. Darby first went to sea when he was thirteen but it was another fourteen years before he made lieutenant, aboard his uncle's ship HMS Britannia. In 1781, he was given command of the 8-gun Infernal but was captured after an inconclusive action at the Battle of Porto Praya and remained a prisoner for the rest of the war.
Everything about Henry D'Esterre Darby →- Occupation
- naval officer
- Born
- 1750, 1749
- Died
- 1823