Family and Education
b. 26 July 1773,Ibid. xix. 238 and Add. 41364, f. 23; DNB states 25 July. 4th but 3rd surv. s. of Henry Martin I. educ. by Mr Batchelor, Freshford, nr. Bath 1780; Southampton g.s. 1781; by Mr Coles, Guildford 1782; Portsmouth naval acad. 1785. m. settlement 9 Aug. 1798,Add. 41373L. Catherine, da. of Robert Fanshawe of Stone Hall, nr. Plymouth, Devon, commr. of Plymouth dockyard, 3s. 3da. KCB 2 Jan. 1815; GCB 3 Mar. 1830.
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Entered RN 1786, lt. 1790, cdr. 1793, capt. 1793, r.-adm. 1811, v.-adm. 1819, adm. 1830, v.-adm. of UK 1847 – 49, adm. of the fleet 1849 – d.
Comptroller of navy 1816 – 31.
Main residence: Somerset Place, Mdx.
Notes
See Martin Letters (Navy Recs. Soc. xii, xix and xxiv).
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