Henry Blackwood


Sir Henry Blackwood

Sir Henry Blackwood
Born(1770-12-28)28 December 1770
Ballyleidy (later renamed Clandeboye), County Down
Died13 December 1832(1832-12-13) (aged 61)
Ballyleidy (later renamed Clandeboye), County Down
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
Service years1781–1830
RankVice-Admiral
CommandsHMS Nonsuch
HMS Brilliant
HMS Penelope
HMS Euryalus
Ajax
Warspite
East Indies Station
Nore Command
ConflictsFourth Anglo-Dutch War
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Blackwood, 1st Baronet, GCH, KCB (28 December 1770 – 13 December 1832), whose burial site and memorial are in Killyleagh Parish Church, was an Irish officer of the British Royal Navy.