Salusbury Pryce Humphreys
Military Person
1778 – 1845
Who was Salusbury Pryce Humphreys?
Sir Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, CB, KCH was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, rising to the rank of rear-admiral.
He entered the navy during the Spanish armament in 1790 and served aboard a number of ships, starting at the level of able seaman and rising through the ranks, having reached midshipman on the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars. A lieutenancy followed while serving in the Caribbean, where he acted in support of army operations against enemy colonies and islands, before his return to Britain. He was afterwards employed in the English Channel and North Sea, where he distinguished himself on a cutting out expedition off the Dutch island of Schiermonnikoog, narrowly escaping death when a ship he tried and failed to board suddenly exploded. After again supporting land operations, this time in Holland, he was promoted to commander though he had to then wait two years for a command.
Promotion to post captain soon followed, and he went to North America to command the flagship of the admiral in command there.
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- Born
- Nov 24, 1778
Clungunford - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Nov 17, 1845
Cheltenham
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on July 23, 2013
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