Captain Robert Fanshawe (1740–1823), RN

Image credit: Valence House Museum

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The son of Rear Admiral Charles Fanshawe and Elizabeth Rogers, it was perhaps inevitable that Robert should go on to have a successful naval career just as his father had. After joining the Royal Navy in 1753 he was made a lieutenant in 1759, Master and Commander in 1762, then Captain in 1768. He married Christiana Gennys, daughter of John Gennys of Whitleigh Hall, Saint Budeaux, Devon, in 1769 in Plymouth. They had 12 children together. From 1784 to 1790 Robert sat as MP for Plymouth and after standing down became commissioner of Plymouth dockyard. Robert would have been appointed by the Navy for the job, in which he was responsible for the management of the whole dock and the building of ships for the Royal Navy. He died in 1823 and was buried at St George's Church, Devon.

Valence House Museum

London

Title

Captain Robert Fanshawe (1740–1823), RN

Date

c.1770

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 75 x W 62 cm

Accession number

LDVAL40

Acquisition method

gift from Aubrey Fanshawe, 1963

Work type

Painting

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