Family and Education
b. 1704, 3rd s. of Sir James Holburne, 1st Bt., of Menstrie, Clackmannan by Jean, da. of Alexander Spittal of Leuchat. educ. Inverkeithing. m. c.1750, Frances, da. of Guy Ball, member of Barbados council, wid. of Edward Lascelles, collector of customs, Barbados, 1s. 2da. stepfa. of Edward Lascelles.
Offices Held
Entered R.N. 1720; lt. 1727; capt. 1740; r.-adm. 1755; v.-adm. 1757; c.-in-c. Portsmouth Dec. 1757–1767; adm. Jan. 1768; r.-adm. of Great Britain 1770; ld. of Admiralty Feb. 1770 – Jan. 1771; gov. Greenwich Hospital Jan. 1771 – d.
Burgess of Edinburgh 1740.
Parlimentarian
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Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
HOLBURNE, Francis (1704-71)
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Oxford 1644
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Religion
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