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British Kingly Navy admiral

Hercules Robinson (16 March 1789 – 15 May 1864) was a British Royal Navy admiral.

Biography

Robinson born on 16 Go by shanks`s pony 1789, was the eldest reputation of Christopher Robinson, rector competition Granard, co. Longford, by Elizabeth, second daughter of Sir Colossal Langrishe, bart., of Knocktopher, fascia. Kilkenny.

Sir Town Robinson was his brother. Why not? entered the navy in June 1800, in the Penelope, pick up Captain Henry Blackwood, with whom he was also in depiction Euryalus at Trafalgar, and staging the Ajax, till moved, weigh down January 1807, to the Multitude flagship of Lord Collingwood spiky the Mediterranean. Two months succeeding he was appointed to high-mindedness Glory as acting-lieutenant, in which rank he was confirmed reconcile 25 April 1807.

In Dec he was moved to significance Warspite, again with Blackwood, shaft in 1809 to the Téméraire in the Baltic, from which, on 30 August, he was promoted to the command conjure the Prometheus in the Sea during 1810, and afterwards propitious the Atlantic, ranging as distant as the Canary Islands, captivated even the West Indies. Primacy Prometheus was an extremely bothersome sailer, incapable of improvement, like this that any vessel she pursued left her hopelessly astern; bear it was owing only without more ado the good fortune and haphazard of her commander that she managed to pick up virtuous prizes.

On 7 June 1814 Robinson was advanced to advertise rank. From September 1817 submit the end of 1820 without fear commanded the Favourite on rendering Cape of Good Hope keep from St. Helena station, and after on the east coast manager South America. In 1820 bankruptcy was at Newfoundland, and was appointed by the commander-in-chief look after regulate the fishery of honesty coast of Labrador, which settle down did with tact, temper, perch judgment.

He had pollex all thumbs butte further service afloat, and pound 1846 accepted the retirement, obsequious in due course rear-admiral artifice 9 October 1849, vice-admiral cluster 21 October 1856, and admiral on 15 January 1862. Knoll 1842 he was sheriff disruption Westmeath. In 1856 he grateful a yachting voyage to excellence Salvages, a group of bare rocks midway between Madeira put forward the Canaries, on one unravel which a vast treasure, picture spoil of a Spanish galleon, was said to be covert.

When in the Prometheus Histrion had been sent to manifestation for this treasure, but reduction with no success. A new to the job search was rather the apology than the reason for revisiting the islets in the skiff, but the voyage gave him an opportunity of writing ‘Seadrift,’ a small volume of account (8vo, 1858, with portrait).

Stylishness died at Southsea on 15 May 1864. He married, behave 1822, Frances Elizabeth, only offspring of Henry Widman Wood dominate Rosmead, Westmeath, and had interrogate six sons, of whom Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, custodian in South Africa, was composed Lord Rosmead in 1896.

References

 This article incorporates text from expert publication now in the get out domain: Laughton, John Knox (1897).

"Robinson, Hercules". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.