Digby Dent | |
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Born | 1682 Westminster London |
Died | 1737 Jamaica |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Great Britain |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Rank | Captain |
Commands held |
HMS Lynn HMS Ruby HMS Launceston HMS Lennox HMS Captain HMS Dunkirk Jamaica Station |
Captain Digby Dent (1682–1737) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.
Dent was promoted to post captain in October 1715 on appointment to the command of the fifth-rate HMS Lynn. [1] He transferred to the command of the fourth-rate HMS Mermaid in 1720, of the fifth-rate HMS Launceston in 1722 and of the third-rate HMS Lennox in 1726. [1] He went on to take the command of the third-rate HMS Captain in 1731 and of the fourth-rate HMS Dunkirk in 1735. [1]
Dent served briefly as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station, with his broad pennant in the second-rate HMS Shrewsbury, from 1736 until his death in 1737. [2]
His son Digby Dent (c1713-1761) was also a Royal Navy officer. [3] and his Grandson (via son Royal Navy Capt.Cotton Dent 1715–1761), also Digby Dent (1739-1817), was a Royal Naval Officer who was knighted in 1778.
Digby Dent | |
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Born | 1682 Westminster London |
Died | 1737 Jamaica |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Great Britain |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Rank | Captain |
Commands held |
HMS Lynn HMS Ruby HMS Launceston HMS Lennox HMS Captain HMS Dunkirk Jamaica Station |
Captain Digby Dent (1682–1737) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.
Dent was promoted to post captain in October 1715 on appointment to the command of the fifth-rate HMS Lynn. [1] He transferred to the command of the fourth-rate HMS Mermaid in 1720, of the fifth-rate HMS Launceston in 1722 and of the third-rate HMS Lennox in 1726. [1] He went on to take the command of the third-rate HMS Captain in 1731 and of the fourth-rate HMS Dunkirk in 1735. [1]
Dent served briefly as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station, with his broad pennant in the second-rate HMS Shrewsbury, from 1736 until his death in 1737. [2]
His son Digby Dent (c1713-1761) was also a Royal Navy officer. [3] and his Grandson (via son Royal Navy Capt.Cotton Dent 1715–1761), also Digby Dent (1739-1817), was a Royal Naval Officer who was knighted in 1778.