Henry William Bayntun

Admiral

Sir Henry William Bayntun

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c. 1835 portrait of Bayntun
Born1766 (1766)
Algiers, North Africa
Died16 December 1840(1840-12-16) (aged 73–74)
Bath, Somerset
AllegianceGreat Britain
United Kingdom
BranchRoyal Navy
Service years1777–1840
RankAdmiral
Commands
Conflicts
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Henry William Bayntun GCB (1766 – 16 December 1840) was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. His service included extensive operations in the West Indies followed by shipwreck, the Battle of Trafalgar and the disastrous British invasions of the River Plate in 1807.

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