Biography of William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet 1781-1861
Paternal Family Tree: Beauchamp-Proctor
On 05 May 1778 [his father] Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor 2nd Baronet (age 22) and [his mother] Mary Palmer Lady Beauchamp-Proctor (age 18) were married. She by marriage Lady Beauchamp-Proctor of Langley Park in Norfolk.
On 14 Oct 1781 William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet was born to Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor 2nd Baronet (age 25) and Mary Palmer Lady Beauchamp-Proctor (age 21).
On 04 Sep 1794 William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet (age 12) entered the Royal Navy on 4 September 1794, with the rank of able seaman, aboard the 32-gun frigate Stag under Captain Joseph Sydney Yorke (age 26).
On 22 Aug 1795 William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet (age 13), now a midshipman, took part in the engagement off Norway between four Royal Navy frigates and two frigates and a cutter from the Navy of the Batavian Republic. Stag captured the 36-gun frigate Alliante with 240 men aboard, after an action of about an hour, in which the enemy lost between 40 and 50 men killed and wounded, and the British only 4 killed, and 13, including Beauchamp-Proctor, wounded.
In Jan 1798 William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet (age 16) joined the 98-gun ship London, under Captain John Child Purvis, off Lisbon.
In Jul 1798 William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet (age 16) moved to the frigate Flora, under Captain Robert Gambier Middleton, in the Mediterranean, where he was lent for short periods to the frigates Alcmene under Captain Henry Digby, and Minerve under Captain George Cockburn.
On 29 Apr 1802 William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet (age 20) was promoted to commander, and was appointed to command of the bomb vessel Zebra.
On 20 May 1812 William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet (age 30) and Anne Gregory Lady Beauchamp-Proctor (age 20) were married. They had three sons and four daughters.
On 02 Jul 1815 [his son] Thomas William Brograve Proctor-Beauchamp 4th Baronet was born to William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet (age 33) and [his wife] Anne Gregory Lady Beauchamp-Proctor (age 23).
On 29 Jun 1827 [his father] Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor 2nd Baronet (age 71) died. His son William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet (age 45) succeeded 3rd Baronet Beauchamp-Proctor of Langley Park in Norfolk. [his wife] Anne Gregory Lady Beauchamp-Proctor (age 35) by marriage Lady Beauchamp-Proctor of Langley Park in Norfolk.
In or before 1853 [his son] Thomas William Brograve Proctor-Beauchamp 4th Baronet (age 37) and [his daughter-in-law] Catherine Esther Waldegrave Lady Beauchamp-Proctor (age 26) were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.
In 1859 [his wife] Anne Gregory Lady Beauchamp-Proctor (age 67) died.
On 14 Mar 1861 William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet (age 79) died. His son [his son] Thomas William Brograve Proctor-Beauchamp 4th Baronet (age 45) succeeded 4th Baronet Beauchamp-Proctor of Langley Park in Norfolk. [his daughter-in-law] Catherine Esther Waldegrave Lady Beauchamp-Proctor (age 34) by marriage Lady Beauchamp-Proctor of Langley Park in Norfolk.
[his son] Reverend William Henry Beauchamp was born to William Beauchamp-Proctor 3rd Baronet and Anne Gregory Lady Beauchamp-Proctor.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Beauchamp
GrandFather: William Beauchamp-Proctor 1st Baronet
Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Proctor
Father: Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor 2nd Baronet
GrandMother: Jane Tower Lady Beauchamp-Proctor