He was born at Dodbrooke, Kingsbridge, Devon. He joined the Royal Navy in 1803, was at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805, where he lost his right eye and was severely injured by splinters. He was a J.P. and died at Cheriton Road, Folkestone. Probate to Harriet Kennicott of Folkestone, spinster, the daughter, the sole executrix. Mayor of Folkestone 1850-1860. There is an article on him in The Naval_Biographical_Dictionary
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Naval_Biographical_Dictionary/Kennicott,_Gilbert
Gilbert is on WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kennicott-30
He was born at Dodbrooke, Kingsbridge, Devon. He joined the Royal Navy in 1803, was at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805, where he lost his right eye and was severely injured by splinters. He was a J.P. and died at Cheriton Road, Folkestone. Probate to Harriet Kennicott of Folkestone, spinster, the daughter, the sole executrix. Mayor of Folkestone 1850-1860. There is an article on him in The Naval_Biographical_Dictionary
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Naval_Biographical_Dictionary/Kennicott,_Gilbert
Gilbert is on WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kennicott-30
Gravesite Details
Uncovered by FOFC volunteers.
Family Members
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Mary Sophia Evans Hoare Kennicott
1793–1867
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Sophia Elizabeth Kennicott Calder
1818–1891
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Harriet Kennicott
1829–1915
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Records on Ancestry
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CPT Gilbert Dutton Kennicott
1861 England Census
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CPT Gilbert Dutton Kennicott
Devon, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
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CPT Gilbert Dutton Kennicott
1851 England Census
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CPT Gilbert Dutton Kennicott
1871 England Census
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CPT Gilbert Dutton Kennicott
England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2014
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