Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet

Sir John Thomas Duckworth
Portrait by Sir William Beechey, 1810
Born	9 February 1748 Leatherhead, Surrey, England
Died	31 August 1817(1817-08-31) (aged 69) HMNB Devonport, England
Allegiance	Great Britain  United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1759–1817
Rank	Admiral of the Blue
Commands held	HMS Rover HMS Terrible HMS Yarmouth HMS Bristol HMS Bombay Castle HMS Princess Royal HMS Orion HMS Leviathan Leeward Islands Station Jamaica Station Newfoundland Station Mediterranean Fleet Governor of Newfoundland Plymouth Command
Battles/wars	Seven Years' War Battle of Quiberon Bay American War of Independence Battle of Grenada French Revolutionary Wars Glorious First of June Capture of Minorca (1798) Capture of St. Bartholomew and St. Martin Ferrol Expedition (1800) Assault on Cádiz Napoleonic Wars Atlantic campaign of 1806 Battle of San Domingo Dardanelles Operation Alexandria expedition of 1807 Haitian Revolution War of 1812
Awards	Naval Gold Medal Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Swords of Honour from London and Jamaica

Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth, 1st Baronet, GCB (9 February 1748 – 31 August 1817) was an English officer of the Royal Navy, serving during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, as the Governor of Newfoundland during the War of 1812, and a member of the British House of Commons during his semi-retirement. Duckworth, a vicar's son, achieved much in a naval career that began at the age of 11.

Serving with most of the great names of the Royal Navy during the later 18th and early 19th centuries, he fought almost all of Britain's enemies on the seas at one time or another, including a Dardanelles operation that would be remembered a century later during the First World War. He was in command at the Battle of San Domingo, the last great fleet action of the Napoleonic Wars.^[1]