Richard Haddock (Royal Navy officer, born 1673)

Captain Richard Haddock (1673–1751) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Comptroller of the Navy.

Richard Haddock
Born1673
Died1751
Allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankCaptain
Commands heldHMS Resolution

Born the son of Admiral Sir Richard Haddock, Haddock Junior was given command of HMS Resolution in 1708.[1] He became Comptroller of the Navy in 1734.[2] Haddock Junior inherited from his father a house at Mile End and a property in Soham in Cambridgeshire.[3]

References
  1. Correspondence of the Family of Haddock 1657 1719" by Edward Maunde Thompson
  2. Historical Autographs
  3. Admiral Sir Richard Haddock at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Military offices
Preceded by
James Mighells		 Comptroller of the Navy
1722–1733		 Succeeded by
Savage Mostyn
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