Henry Duncan (Royal Navy officer, 1786-1835)

Sir Henry Duncan
Born	1786
Died	1 November 1835 (age 49) Eaton Place, London
Buried	Kensal Green Cemetery, London
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1800–1823
Rank	Royal Navy Captain
Battles/wars	Napoleonic Wars • Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814
Awards	Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order, Companion of the Order of the Bath

The Honourable Sir Henry Duncan KCH, CB (1786 – 1 November 1835) was a prominent Royal Navy officer of the early nineteenth century. The second surviving son of the highly regarded Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, who defeated the Dutch Navy at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797, Duncan achieved a successful career in his own right, operating with great success against French and Italian shipping and shore fortifications in the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic Wars. For his services he was knighted and given numerous honours before dying at the young age of 49 from a sudden apoplexy in 1835.

Henry Duncan was born in 1786, the second surviving son of Adam Duncan, then a captain in the Royal Navy, later to become the admiral who defeated the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown and thus became Viscount Duncan. Henry's elder brother Robert inherited the titles on their father's death and was later created Earl of Camperdown. Their mother, Henrietta, was the daughter of Robert Dundas, a prominent Scottish judge. Following his father into the Navy at 14 in 1800, Duncan served as a midshipman on board the frigate HMS Maidstone until the Peace of Amiens the following year.

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