Henry D'Esterre Darby

Admiral Sir Henry D'Esterre Darby, KCB (9 April 1749 – 30 March 1823) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

He was the third son of Jonathan and Susannah Darby of Leap Castle, in King's County, Ireland.

[1][2] Darby first went to sea when he was thirteen but it was another fourteen years before he made lieutenant, aboard his uncle's ship HMS Britannia.

In 1781, he was given command of the 8-gun Infernal but was captured after an inconclusive action at the Battle of Porto Praya and remained a prisoner for the rest of the war.

[3] He was promoted to Captain in 1783 and had command of HMS Bellerophon at the Battle of the Nile in 1798.