He succeeded to the title of 9th Baronet Nightingale, of Newport Pond, Co. Essex in July 1782, He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Royal Navy.
In 1759 commanded the HMS Vengeance and saw action off Quiberon Bay. In 1760 explored and named an island in the South Atlantic, Nightingale Island; a part of the Tristan da Cunha Island Group, lying between the Cape of Good Horn and Good Hope.
Nightingale has been said to contain pirate loot. Captain John Thomas, on an expedition to the South Atlantic, supposedly left a fortune of Spanish doubloons and pieces-of-eight in caves on Nightingale for safekeeping. However, no recovery of this treasure (if it is there) has ever been confirmed.
Children:
1. Sir Edward (b. October 16, 1760) m. Eleanor Nightingale (niece), daughter of Robert Nightingale
2. Maria Eleanor (b. January 3, 1765) m. Thomas Lacy Dickenson
In 1759 commanded the HMS Vengeance and saw action off Quiberon Bay. In 1760 explored and named an island in the South Atlantic, Nightingale Island; a part of the Tristan da Cunha Island Group, lying between the Cape of Good Horn and Good Hope.
Nightingale has been said to contain pirate loot. Captain John Thomas, on an expedition to the South Atlantic, supposedly left a fortune of Spanish doubloons and pieces-of-eight in caves on Nightingale for safekeeping. However, no recovery of this treasure (if it is there) has ever been confirmed.
Children:
1. Sir Edward (b. October 16, 1760) m. Eleanor Nightingale (niece), daughter of Robert Nightingale
2. Maria Eleanor (b. January 3, 1765) m. Thomas Lacy Dickenson
He succeeded to the title of 9th Baronet Nightingale, of Newport Pond, Co. Essex in July 1782, He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Royal Navy.
In 1759 commanded the HMS Vengeance and saw action off Quiberon Bay. In 1760 explored and named an island in the South Atlantic, Nightingale Island; a part of the Tristan da Cunha Island Group, lying between the Cape of Good Horn and Good Hope.
Nightingale has been said to contain pirate loot. Captain John Thomas, on an expedition to the South Atlantic, supposedly left a fortune of Spanish doubloons and pieces-of-eight in caves on Nightingale for safekeeping. However, no recovery of this treasure (if it is there) has ever been confirmed.
Children:
1. Sir Edward (b. October 16, 1760) m. Eleanor Nightingale (niece), daughter of Robert Nightingale
2. Maria Eleanor (b. January 3, 1765) m. Thomas Lacy Dickenson
In 1759 commanded the HMS Vengeance and saw action off Quiberon Bay. In 1760 explored and named an island in the South Atlantic, Nightingale Island; a part of the Tristan da Cunha Island Group, lying between the Cape of Good Horn and Good Hope.
Nightingale has been said to contain pirate loot. Captain John Thomas, on an expedition to the South Atlantic, supposedly left a fortune of Spanish doubloons and pieces-of-eight in caves on Nightingale for safekeeping. However, no recovery of this treasure (if it is there) has ever been confirmed.
Children:
1. Sir Edward (b. October 16, 1760) m. Eleanor Nightingale (niece), daughter of Robert Nightingale
2. Maria Eleanor (b. January 3, 1765) m. Thomas Lacy Dickenson
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