Francis Augustus Collier

Sir Francis Augustus Collier
Born	(1785-08-07)7 August 1785[1] Ireland
Died	28 October 1849(1849-10-28) (aged 63) Hong Kong
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1794 – 1849[citation needed]
Rank	Royal Navy Rear-Admiral
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary Wars • Battle of the Nile Napoleonic Wars • Invasion of Martinique Persian Gulf campaign of 1819
Awards	Knight Bachelor, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order

Rear Admiral Sir Francis Augustus Collier, CB, KCH (7 August 1785 – 28 October 1849) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy during the early nineteenth century. Born into a naval family, Collier served in the French Revolutionary Wars and fought at the Battle of the Nile on Horatio Nelson's flagship. During the Napoleonic Wars he was engaged in campaigns in the West Indies and in 1819 he commanded an operation against pirates in the Persian Gulf. He remained in service for the next thirty years, holding several commands before his death in 1849 as commander of the China Squadron at Hong Kong.