Shuldham Peard Esq (1761 - 1832)

Born 29 Oct 1761 in Penryn, Cornwall, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Bligh) Peard — married 24 Dec 1791 (to 1798) in St Mary, Alverstoke, Hampshire, England

Husband of Matilda (Fortescue) Peard — married 11 May 1810 in Plympton Erle, Devon, England

Died 27 Dec 1832 at age 71 in Barton Place, Exeter, Devon, England

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Biography

Shuldham Peard Esq is Notable.

Shuldham Peard, Esq., Vice Admiral of the White is a Notable. He participated in the Battle of the Malta Convoy and had a large share in the capture of the Genereux. During the Napoleonic Wars, Admiral Peard commanded the sea fencibles on the coast of Cornwall.^[1]

Shuldham Peard, son of Captain George Peard, RN, was baptised at St Gluvias in Penryn, Cornwall on 29 October 1761. ^[2]

Following in his father's footsteps he first went to sea in 1776 aboard the Worcester, captained by Mark Robinson, ultimately achieving the rank of Vice Admiral.

On 24 December 1791 at St Mary, Alverstoke he married Elizabeth Bligh, daughter of Richard Rodney Bligh and his wife, Ann Worsley. ^[3] She was the mother of his son, George, born in 1793 at Gosport. ^[4] About 1798 Shuldham secured a divorce from Elizabeth on the grounds of her "Criminal Conversation" with William Henry Lys.

His second wife was Matilda Fortescue, daughter of William Fortescue of Penwarne. They were married at Plympton Erle in Devon on 11 May 1810. ^[5] Matilda was mother of his son, John Whitehead Peard born at Fowey in 1811.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuldham_Peard
2. ↑ J. K. Laughton, ‘Peard, Shuldham (bap. 1761, d. 1832)’, rev. Andrew Lambert, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 27 March 2017. This is a subscription site but access is free to readers of British libraries providing their library subscribes. NOTE. This article suggests that Shuldham's son, George, was by Matilda, but George was Elizabeth's son. Baptismal record Holy Trinity, Gosport 18 February 1793 George Peard son of Shuldham Peard and Elizabeth.
3. ↑ Hampshire Marriage Allegations (24 December 1791 Elizabeth Bligh of the Parish of St Mary, Alverstoke, daughter of Rodney Bligh and Shuldham Peard aged 21 of the Parish of Holy Trinity, Gosport)
4. ↑ Baptismal record Holy Trinity, Gosport (18 February 1793 George Peard son of Shuldham Peard and Elizabeth) Viewed at Ancestry. Text only
5. ↑ Marriage record Plympton Erle (11 May 1810 Shuldham Peard married Matilda Fortescue) Viewed at Ancestry. Text only
6. ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 44 Peard, John Whitehead by William Prideaux Courtney