Digby Dent (1739-1817)
Digby Dent may refer to: * Digby Dent (Royal Navy officer, born 1682) (1682–1737), Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station * Digby Dent (Royal Navy officer, born 1710) (1710–1761), Royal Navy officer—son of above—who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station * Digby Dent (Royal Navy officer, born 1739) (1739–1817), Royal Navy rear admiral See also * Dent (surname) Dent is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Aileen Dent (1890–1978), Australian artist *Akeem Dent (born 1987), American football linebacker *Alan Dent (1905–1978), Scottish journalist, editor and writer *Albert W. Dent (1904â ...

Digby Dent (Royal Navy Officer, Born 1682)
Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ... Digby Dent (1682–1737) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station. Naval career Dent was promoted to post captain in October 1715 on appointment to the command of the fifth-rate HMS ''Lynn''. 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. He went on to take the command of the third-rate HMS ''Captain'' in 1731 and of the fourth-rate HMS ''Dunkirk'' in 1735. 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. Family His son Digby Dent (c1713 ...
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Digby Dent (Royal Navy Officer, Born 1710)
Captain Digby Dent (17 January 1713 – 5 June 1761) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station. Naval career Born 17 January 1713 and baptised 4 February 1713 at St Nicholas Chiswick Middlesex, the son of Captain Digby Dent and his wife Ursula. Dent joined the Royal Navy on 20 October 1726 and was commissioned as a lieutenant in January 1734. In August 1737 he was given command of the small 8-gunner . He was promoted to post captain on 9 June 1738 on appointment to the command of the fifth-rate HMS ''Kinsale''. He transferred to the command of the third-rate HMS ''Hampton Court'' in 1739 and saw action in operations against Santiago de Cuba during the War of Jenkins' Ear. After several short commands he became captain of HMS Plymouth a 60-gunner which was involved in a large battle with the French fleet on 3 August 1746 near Jamaica which was part of the War of Austrian Succession. He was appointed a commodore, and became Commande ...
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Digby Dent (Royal Navy Officer, Born 1739)
Rear Admiral Sir Digby Dent (1739–1817) was a Royal Navy commander. Life He was from a long line of "Digby Dents" who served in the Royal Navy including his grandfather and uncle. He was baptised in Portsmouth on 16 November 1739 one of eight children of Captain Cotton Dent RN and his wife, Catherine ("Kitty") Bowerbank (1717-1804). His father became Captain of Greenwich Hospital and died there in 1761. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy on 4 February 1758. In July 1758 he was given captaincy and command of the 24-gun HMS ''Queenborough'' in the East Indies under Vice Admiral George Pocock and fought the French fleet in the Battle of Negapatam and the Battle of Pondicherry in the Indian Ocean. He transferred to HMS ''Newcastle'' the day after the latter battle to replace Captain Colin Michie who was killed in the engagement but remained stationed off Pondicherry. He was given command on New Year's Day 1760 of the 50-gunner HMS ''Falmouth'', remaini ...
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