Digby Dent (Royal Navy officer, died 1761)

Commodore Digby Dent (c. 1700 - 5 June 1761) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.

Digby Dent
Commodore Digby Dent by Nathaniel Dance-Holland
Born	c. 1700
Died	5 June 1761
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Commodore
Commands held	HMS Kinsale HMS Hampton Court Jamaica Station HMS Queenborough
Battles/wars	War of Jenkins' Ear Third Carnatic War

Naval career

Born the son of Commodore Digby Dent (died 1737), Dent was promoted to post captain on 9 June 1738 on appointment to the command of the fifth-rate HMS Kinsale.[1] He transferred to the command of the third-rate HMS Hampton Court in 1739 and saw action in operations against Santiago de Cuba during the War of Jenkins' Ear.[1] Promoted to commodore, he became Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station in 1747[2] and Comptroller of the Navy in 1756[3] before taking command of the sixth-rate HMS Queenborough in July 1758 and seeing action at the Battle of Negapatam in August 1758 during the Third Carnatic War.[1]

Dent married Sophia Pitt Drake.[4]

References

1. "Digby Dent". Three Decks. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
2. Cundall, p. xx
3. Clowes, William (1898). "The royal navy: a history from the earliest times to the present". Sampson Low Marston. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
4. "Commodore Digby Drake". Twickenham Museum. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

Sources

• Cundall, Frank (1915). Historic Jamaica. West India Committee.