Digby Dent (Royal Navy officer, died 1761)
Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station

Digby Dent (Royal Navy officer, died 1761)

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Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station
A.K.A.
Commodore Digby Dent
Gender:
Male
Places:
Jamaica
Is:
Soldier
Work field:
Military
Death:
5 June 1761
Family:
Father:
Digby Dent
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Commodore Digby Dent (c. 1700 - 5 June 1761) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.

Naval career

Born the son of Commodore Digby Dent (died 1737), Dent was promoted to post captain on 9 June 1738 on appointment to the command of the fifth-rate HMS Kinsale. He transferred to the command of the third-rate HMS Hampton Court in 1739 and saw action in operations against Santiago de Cuba during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Promoted to commodore, he became Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station in 1747 and Controller of the Navy in 1756 before taking command of the sixth-rate HMS Queenborough in July 1758 and seeing action at the Battle of Negapatam in August 1758 during the Third Carnatic War.

Dent married Sophia Pitt Drake.