Family and Education
b. 16 May 1759,Burke, Colonial Gentry, ii. 699 has 3 June, but Coffin Gatherings, 44 and other sources have 16 May. 4th s. of Nathaniel Coffin, paymaster of the customs (later of Bristol) by Elizabeth, da. of Henry Barnes, merchant, of Boston, Mass.; his sis. Catherine m. Richard Barwell. educ. Boston, Mass. m. 3 Apr. 1811, Elizabeth Browne, da. and h. of William Greenly of Titley Court, Herefs., s.p. cr. Bt. 19 May 1804; GCH 1832; took additional name of Greenly 11 Feb. 1811 in anticipation of his marriage but relinquished it 13 Mar. 1813.
Offices Held
Entered RN 1773, lt. 1778, cdr. 1781, capt. 1782, paid off 1783; in France 1783 – 86, dismissed 1788; vol. in Brabant 1788 – 89; reinstated 1789, paid off 1791; in Scandinavia and Russia 1792 – 93; left active service 1794; regulating capt. at Leith 1795; commr. resident in Mediterranean Oct. 1795 – June 1799, Sheerness June 1799 – Apr. 1804; supt. Portsmouth harbour 1804 – 08; r.-adm. 1804, v.-adm. 1808, adm. 1814.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Repham, Lincs.
Notes
DNB; Marshall, Naval Biog. i. 229; T. C. Amory, Life of Adm. Sir Isaac Coffin, Bt. (Boston, 1886).
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Commons 1790-1820
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COFFIN, Sir Isaac (1759-1839)
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