COMMANDER // 1730–1805
Robert Kingsmill
admiralGreat Britain1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1730 – 1805
Active service 1796 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 66.
Profile
Admiral of the Blue Sir Robert Brice Kingsmill, 1st Baronet was a Royal Navy officer and politician who served in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Kingsmill was a contemporary and close friend of Horatio Nelson, and was one of the Royal Navy officers referred to as "The Conquerors of the Seas", illustrated in Piercy Roberts' 1800 engraving. He served with George Rodney in the West Indies, where he was wounded in battle, and with Augustus Keppel at the Battle of Ushant.
Battles (1)
1796
Expédition d'IrlandeWar of the First Coalition · Great Britain