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A statement of the Admiralty Records concerning Captain Simcoe, and an account of his services extracted from Charnock’s “Biographia Navalis” are subjoined. These I owe to the courtesy of the Secretary of the Admiralty.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Public Record Office, 11 Jan., 1924.

Result of a Search in the Admiralty Records:

Name John Simcoe
Birthplace v
BaptismalCertificate v
FirstEntry v
PassingCertificate v
Seniority Lieutenant 7 Aug. 1739; Captain 28Dec.1743.
Death 14 May, 1759.
ShipRankDate of EntryDate of Discharge
New-castleLieut.(3)7Aug.173911May1740
””(2)12May174015Oct.1740
PrincessCaroline”(3)16Oct.174014Jan.1741
Burford”(3)15Jan.174126Apl.1741
Russell”(4)27Apl.17417June1741
Cumberland”(2)8June17411May1743
””(1)2May174318July1743
ThunderBombMaster&Commdr19July174327Dec.1743
KentCaptain28Dec.174318Feb.1744
Seahorse”19Feb.174428Jan.1745
Falmouth”29Jan.174524Oct.1746
H.P. x”25Oct.174613Mar.1747
x—Half Pay
Prince EdwardCaptain14Mar.174712Sept.1748
H.P.”13Sept.17482July1756
St. George”3July17564Apl.1757
Pembroke”5Apl.175714May1759

Note.—Passing Certificate cannot be found; for his Services before being appointed Lieutenant the name of a ship on which he served previous to 1739 would assist in a further search being made.

From Charnock’s “Biographia Navalis”, Vol. 5, London, 1797.

SIMCOE, JOHN,—The name of this gentleman is omitted in many of the navy lists we have seen. In some of them he is stated to have been promoted to the rank of Captain in the navy, and appointed to the Kent on the 28th December, 1743; but Mr. Hardy states his first commission to have been to the Falmouth, agreeing, however, with the date just given. We find no other mention made, not even of the commands held by this gentleman, till the latter end of the year 1756, when he was captain of one of the ships then lying at Portsmouth and was one of the members of the court-martial convened, in the month of December for the trial of Admiral Byng. Nothing farther occurs relative to him, except that, in 1758, he commanded the Pembroke, one of the fleet ordered in the ensuing year on the expedition against Quebec. He died on board that ship, in the River St. Laurence, on the 14th of May, before any operations had taken place.

(“A Chronological List of the Captains of His Majesty’s Royal Navy”, by Rear Admiral John Hardy, London, 1784.)

The Life of John Graves Simcoe

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