Faulknor Family - Samuel Faulknor (II)

Samuel Faulknor (II)

Samuel Faulknor (d. 28 May 1760) was the son of Samuel Faulknor. He distinguished himself as the commander of the sloop Vulture in 1746, and was afterwards made post. On 21 April 1746, Faulknor was appointed to the 20-gun frigate Amazon, and afterwards the frigate Fox, in which he sailed to Jamaica. During a hurricane on 11 September 1751, the Fox was lost, but Faulknor, and the greater part of his crew were saved. He returned to England in mid-1752, and was first appointed to the 20-gun ship Hind, and then to the Lyne, also of 20 guns, in early 1755. Within months he took command of the 60-gun Windsor, and distinguished himself on various occasions, particularly on 17 April 1758, when he chased two French frigates, and three storeships, until he captured the Grand St. Pierre; and on 27 March 1759, off Lisbon, he attacked four large French ships, and took the East Indiaman Duc de Chartres. He died on 28 May 1760.