Henry William Bayntun

Sir Henry William Bayntun
Sir Henry William Bayntun
	Aged 13 years, 6 months by Thomas Hickey
Born	1766; Algiers , North Africa
Died	16 December 1840; Bath, Somerset, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom of; Great Britain and Ireland
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1777-1840
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Avenger; HMS Undaunted; HMS Reunion; HMS Quebec; HMS Thunderer; HMS Cumberland; HMS Leviathan; HMS Milford; HMY Royal Sovereign;
Battles/wars	American War of Independence; French Revolutionary Wars Battle of Martinique; Invasion of Guadeloupe; ; Napoleonic Wars Blockade of Saint-Domingue; Battle of Trafalgar; British invasions of the Río de la Plata; ;
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Henry William Bayntun GCB (1766 – 16 December 1840) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy, whose distinguished career in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars was a catalogue of the highest and lowest points of the Navy during the conflict. His record includes extensive operations in the West Indies followed by shipwreck, the battle of Trafalgar and the disastrous expedition to Buenos Aires in 1807.

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