He was born in Chester in England and joined the Royal Navy around 1770.
He was in service in Newfoundland when he received his commission as a lieutenant in December 1777. In June 1782 he was given his first command: HMS Vaughan moving to HMS Keppel six months later. He was promoted to Captain in September 1780 and given command of the 36-gun HMS Thalia. In 1794 he took command of the huge HMS Royal William one of the largest ships in the Royal Navy, with 84 guns and a crew of 750 men.[1]
in August 1812[2] he reached the rank of vice-admiral. He was appointed governor of Newfoundland in 1816.[3] Pickmore's term was marked by strife and severe economic depression that had hit the island following the Napoleonic wars and influx of Irish immigrants. Pickmore is noted as the first governor of Newfoundland to stay the winter. He died in St. John's and Captain John Bowker, a senior officer under Pickmore's command and commander of Pickmore's flagship Sir Francis Drake, acted as governor until Governor Sir Charles Hamilton arrived.[3]
francis, pickmore, vice, admiral, 1756, february, 1818, naval, officer, colonial, governor, bornc, 1756chester, cheshire, englanddied24, february, 1818st, john, newfoundlandallegianceunited, kingdomservice, branchroyal, navyrankvice, admiral, contents, naval, . Vice Admiral Francis Pickmore RN c 1756 24 February 1818 was a naval officer and colonial governor Francis PickmoreBornc 1756Chester Cheshire EnglandDied24 February 1818St John s NewfoundlandAllegianceUnited KingdomService wbr branchRoyal NavyRankVice Admiral Contents 1 Naval career 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksNaval career editHe was born in Chester in England and joined the Royal Navy around 1770 He was in service in Newfoundland when he received his commission as a lieutenant in December 1777 In June 1782 he was given his first command HMS Vaughan moving to HMS Keppel six months later He was promoted to Captain in September 1780 and given command of the 36 gun HMS Thalia In 1794 he took command of the huge HMS Royal William one of the largest ships in the Royal Navy with 84 guns and a crew of 750 men 1 in August 1812 2 he reached the rank of vice admiral He was appointed governor of Newfoundland in 1816 3 Pickmore s term was marked by strife and severe economic depression that had hit the island following the Napoleonic wars and influx of Irish immigrants Pickmore is noted as the first governor of Newfoundland to stay the winter He died in St John s and Captain John Bowker a senior officer under Pickmore s command and commander of Pickmore s flagship Sir Francis Drake acted as governor until Governor Sir Charles Hamilton arrived 3 His body was returned to England for burial 4 See also editGovernors of Newfoundland List of people from Newfoundland and LabradorReferences edit Francis Pickmore D 1818 Promotion in the Flag Ranks in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars a b Francis Pickmore Dictionary of Canadian Biography online ed University of Toronto Press 1979 2016 Biography PICKMORE FRANCIS Volume V 1801 1820 Dictionary of Canadian Biography External links editBiography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and LabradorPolitical officesPreceded bySir Richard Goodwin Keats Commodore Governor of Newfoundland1816 1818 Succeeded bySir Charles Hamilton nbsp nbsp This article about a Canadian viceroy is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Francis Pickmore amp oldid 1102019307, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
