Taylor Penny

Captain Taylor Penny (1721 – 18 April 1786) was a Royal Navy officer who fought in the Battle of the Saintes.

In June 1778 he was appointed commander of the 70-gun HMS Burford, one of the largest ships in the Royal Navy at the time.

Under Admiral Robert Digby in February 1780 he captured the French ship Protee which was then recommissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Prothee.

Later in 1781 he sailed to the Leeward Islands to join Admiral George Rodney's fleet patrolling the West Indies.

[3] Following this action he attached to Admiral Hugh Pigot's fleet which went to North America, patrolling the seas off Boston.

[5] His great nephew Major General Nicholas Penny was killed in action at Kukerowlee in April 1858 during the Indian mutiny.