If you have an ancestor who was a flag-officer or captain in the British Royal Navy up to 1823, you may find him in one of these volumes:
Royal naval biography, or, Memoirs of the services of all
the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains
and commanders: whose names appeared on the admiralty list of sea-officers at
the commencement of the year 1823, or who have since been promoted :
illustrated by a series of historical and explanatory notes, which will be
found to contain an account of all the naval actions, and other important
events, from the commencement of the late reign, in 1760 to the present period
: with copious addenda…
There is an index at the beginning of Part 1 of the volumes.
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