Faulknor family

The Faulknor family was an English family from Northamptonshire, of which several generations served as officers in the Royal Navy.

William Faulknor (d. 25 February 1725) first appears as fourth lieutenant of the Royal William in 1695. On 17 March 1707, he was promoted to the rank of captain, and given command of the 80-gun ship of the line Torbay. He afterwards commanded a frigate, and in 1715 was appointed to command of the 80-gun Cumberland, flagship of Admiral Sir John Norris, commander of the Baltic fleet. In 1720 he commanded the 90-gun ship Sandwich. In 1722 he was, for a short time, Master Attendant of Woolwich Dockyard, then served as Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital until his death on 25 February 1725 (N.S.)

Samuel Faulknor (d. 5 October 1744) was the son of William Faulknor. He commanded the 100-gun ship Britannia in 1736, and also the 100-gun Royal Sovereign before being appointed commander of the Victory, flagship of Admiral Sir John Norris, in early 1741. On 28 July 1744 Victory sailed with a fleet of British and Dutch ships from St. Helen's for Lisbon. During the voyage they captured six French ships. On 3 October the fleet was dispersed in a gale, and on the next night Victory was lost with her entire crew. It was believed that Victory struck the Casquets rocks off Alderney, but in 2009 a wreck identified as Victory was found by Odyssey Marine Exploration nearly 62 miles from where the ship was supposed to have sunk.

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