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Admiral Norwich Duff (15 August 1792 – 21 April 1862) was a Royal Navy
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
 officer.

The son of Captain George Duff
George Duff

Captain George Duff, Royal Navy was a British naval officer during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, whose career was cut short when he was killed by a cannon ball at the battle of Trafalgar....
 RN, and Sophia Dirom, he was born at 9 South Castle Street, Edinburgh. He entered the Royal Navy in July 1805, just before his 13th birthday, serving aboard his father's ship HMS Mars
HMS Mars (1794)

HMS Mars was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 October 1794 at Deptford.In the early part of the French Revolutionary Wars she was assigned to the Channel Fleet....
 as a midshipman. In October 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Trafalgar

The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the United Kingdom Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy , during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
 his father was killed.

Duff was promoted to Lieutenant in September 1811 and was appointed Flag-Lieutenant to the commander-in-chief in February 1814.






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Admiral Norwich Duff (15 August 1792 – 21 April 1862) was a Royal Navy
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
 officer.

The son of Captain George Duff
George Duff

Captain George Duff, Royal Navy was a British naval officer during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, whose career was cut short when he was killed by a cannon ball at the battle of Trafalgar....
 RN, and Sophia Dirom, he was born at 9 South Castle Street, Edinburgh. He entered the Royal Navy in July 1805, just before his 13th birthday, serving aboard his father's ship HMS Mars
HMS Mars (1794)

HMS Mars was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 October 1794 at Deptford.In the early part of the French Revolutionary Wars she was assigned to the Channel Fleet....
 as a midshipman. In October 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Trafalgar

The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the United Kingdom Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy , during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
 his father was killed.

Duff was promoted to Lieutenant in September 1811 and was appointed Flag-Lieutenant to the commander-in-chief in February 1814. He served on HMS Euralyus
HMS Euryalus (1803)

HMS Euryalus was a Royal Navy frigate of 36 guns, which saw service in the Battle of Trafalgar and the War of 1812. She was named for one of Argonauts - the mythical band of heroes who accompanied Jason in his search for the Golden Fleece....
. He was promoted to Commander on 15 June 1814 and appointed to command of the 18-gun brig-sloop HMS Espoir, part of the naval force in the Chesapeake
Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay's drainage basin covers in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia....
 during the War of 1812
War of 1812

The War of 1812, between the United States of America and the British Empire , was fought from 1812 to 1815.There were several immediate stated causes for the U.S....
, and later took part in the attack on New Orleans
Battle of New Orleans

The Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815, and was the final major battle of the War of 1812. United States forces, with General Andrew Jackson in command, defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and America's vast western lands....
.

In October 1816 Duff was appointed to command of the 10-gun brig-sloop HMS Beaver
HMS Beaver

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Beaver:*Beaver, a ketch in the Royalist navy, captured by Parliamentary forces in 1656 and broken up two years later...
 and sent to the Caribbean , where he assumed command of the 18-gun HMS Rifleman
HMS Rifleman

HMS Rifleman was an Algerine class minesweeper of the British Royal Navy during World War II.The ship was launched on November 25, 1943 and commissioned on February 11, 1944....
 in September 1817. He returned to England in August 1818.

He undertook an extensive continental European tour in 1819 of which he kept a journal. He was promoted to Post captain on 23 April 1822.

On the 10 June 1833 he married Helen Mary Shoolbred (daughter of East India Company
British East India Company

The East India Company was an early England joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the Indies, but that ended up trading with the Indian subcontinent and China....
 Surgeon
Surgeon

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 John Shoolbred 1766-1831) at Bath, Somerset and by her had issue.

He was promoted to Rear Admiral
Rear Admiral

Rear Admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a Commodore and Captain , and below that of a Vice Admiral. It is the lowest form of Admiral....
 on 8 October 1852, and to Vice Admiral
Vice Admiral

Vice Admiral is a naval rank equivalent to Lieutenant General in seniority. A Vice Admiral is typically senior to a Rear Admiral and junior to an Admiral....
 on 28 November 1857.

Duff died at Bath, Somerset
Somerset

Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....
, England
England

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 on 21 April 1862. There is a portrait of him by Sir Henry Raeburn
Henry Raeburn

Sir Henry Raeburn was a Scotland portrait Painting....
, and a metal plaque commemorates him in Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey

The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bath, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, Somerset, England....
.

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