Admiral

Admiral

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 Sir William Beauchamp-Proctor, 3rd Baronet (14 October 1781 – 14 March 1861) was an officer in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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The son of Sir Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor, 2nd Baronet and Mary Palmer, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy

Proctor-Beauchamp Baronets

The Beauchamp-Proctor, later Proctor-Beauchamp Baronetcy, of Langley Park in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 20 February 1745 for the twenty-two-year-old William Beauchamp-Proctor, subsequently Member of Parliament for Middlesex...

 on 29 June 1827.

he was High Sheriff of Norfolk

High Sheriff of Norfolk

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 in 1833.

He fought in the bombardment of Le Havre

Le Havre

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 in 1804, and in 1807, captained the 36-gun Dédaigneuse, a captured French frigate, to renew the Seychelles Capitulation. He was promoted from Rear Admiral of the Red to Vice Admiral of the Blue on 2 September 1850.

He died at his residence, Langley Hall

Langley Hall

Langley Hall is a red-brick building in the Palladian style, located in Loddon, Norfolk. It was built in 1737 for Richard Berney, on land that until the Dissolution of the Monasteries belonged to Langley Abbey, and sold two years later to George Proctor to enable Berney to repay his debts...

, at Loddon

Loddon, Norfolk

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, Norfolk

Norfolk

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. He had married on 20 May 1812, Ann Gregory, granddaughter of Sir Berney Brograve, 1st Baronet

Sir Berney Brograve, 1st Baronet

Sir Berney Brograve, 1st Baronet was the eldest son and heir of Thomas Brograve of Great Baddow, Essex, and his wife Juliana Berney. He was a descendant of Sir John Brograve , Attorney-General to the Duchy of Lancaster...

. There were at least four children from this marriage. His wife died 6 February 1859.