Henry Whitby

Capt Henry Whitby, Royal Navy

Henry Whitby was a captain in the Royal Navy. He fought during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He joined the navy in 1794 as a midshipman.[1] He commanded HMS Leander and HMS Centaur. He married the second daughter of John Nicholson Inglefield.[2]

References

  1. ^ Biographical Memoire. Henry Whitby. Naval Chronicle, Vol. 28, p. 265
  2. ^ Naval Chronicle, p. 38