Sir William Belligham, Bart
Name: William Bellingham
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 14 Feb 1756
Baptism Place: Saint Peter, Drogheda, Louth, Ireland
Father's Name: Alan Bellingham
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Sir William Bellingham, 1st Baronet (c. 1756 – 27 October 1826)[1] was an Irish-born British politician and the "controller of the storekeepers' accounts" for the Royal Navy.
Bellingham was charged with organizing and procuring provisions for the Vancouver Expedition. Though he never saw the Pacific Ocean, it is he after whom Bellingham Bay and the city of Bellingham, Washington are named.
William Bellingham was the son of Col. Alan Bellingham of Castlebellingham and Alice Montgomery, daughter of the Rev. Hans Montgomery of Grey Abbey House, Co. Down.
Bellingham was one of four siblings, all male: O'Bryen, Thomas, and Alan.
He attended Trinity College, Dublin, graduating in 1778 as a Bachelor of Arts.
In 1783 he married Hester Frances Cholmondeley (1763-1844) granddaughter of George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley.
Bellingham moved to Reigate, Surrey, and from 1784 through 1789 held the elected office of Member of Parliament in the House of Commons.
In 1789 he was appointed commissioner for the victualling of the Navy, with the specific designation of "Controller of the Storekeepers' Accounts". During this time he oversaw the provisioning of George Vancouver's expedition along the West Coast of North America. Bellingham Bay and subsequently Bellingham, Washington were named by Vancouver in his honor.
He became the private secretary of the Right Honourable William Pitt, and was created a baronet, of Castle Bellingham on 19 April 1796. He was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and was Receiver General of the Land and Assessed Taxe of London.
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Died at Beckenham, Kent, now in South East London within the London Borough of Bromley.
Name: William Bellingham
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 14 Feb 1756
Baptism Place: Saint Peter, Drogheda, Louth, Ireland
Father's Name: Alan Bellingham
~~~
Sir William Bellingham, 1st Baronet (c. 1756 – 27 October 1826)[1] was an Irish-born British politician and the "controller of the storekeepers' accounts" for the Royal Navy.
Bellingham was charged with organizing and procuring provisions for the Vancouver Expedition. Though he never saw the Pacific Ocean, it is he after whom Bellingham Bay and the city of Bellingham, Washington are named.
William Bellingham was the son of Col. Alan Bellingham of Castlebellingham and Alice Montgomery, daughter of the Rev. Hans Montgomery of Grey Abbey House, Co. Down.
Bellingham was one of four siblings, all male: O'Bryen, Thomas, and Alan.
He attended Trinity College, Dublin, graduating in 1778 as a Bachelor of Arts.
In 1783 he married Hester Frances Cholmondeley (1763-1844) granddaughter of George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley.
Bellingham moved to Reigate, Surrey, and from 1784 through 1789 held the elected office of Member of Parliament in the House of Commons.
In 1789 he was appointed commissioner for the victualling of the Navy, with the specific designation of "Controller of the Storekeepers' Accounts". During this time he oversaw the provisioning of George Vancouver's expedition along the West Coast of North America. Bellingham Bay and subsequently Bellingham, Washington were named by Vancouver in his honor.
He became the private secretary of the Right Honourable William Pitt, and was created a baronet, of Castle Bellingham on 19 April 1796. He was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and was Receiver General of the Land and Assessed Taxe of London.
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Died at Beckenham, Kent, now in South East London within the London Borough of Bromley.
Sir William Belligham, Bart
Name: William Bellingham
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 14 Feb 1756
Baptism Place: Saint Peter, Drogheda, Louth, Ireland
Father's Name: Alan Bellingham
~~~
Sir William Bellingham, 1st Baronet (c. 1756 – 27 October 1826)[1] was an Irish-born British politician and the "controller of the storekeepers' accounts" for the Royal Navy.
Bellingham was charged with organizing and procuring provisions for the Vancouver Expedition. Though he never saw the Pacific Ocean, it is he after whom Bellingham Bay and the city of Bellingham, Washington are named.
William Bellingham was the son of Col. Alan Bellingham of Castlebellingham and Alice Montgomery, daughter of the Rev. Hans Montgomery of Grey Abbey House, Co. Down.
Bellingham was one of four siblings, all male: O'Bryen, Thomas, and Alan.
He attended Trinity College, Dublin, graduating in 1778 as a Bachelor of Arts.
In 1783 he married Hester Frances Cholmondeley (1763-1844) granddaughter of George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley.
Bellingham moved to Reigate, Surrey, and from 1784 through 1789 held the elected office of Member of Parliament in the House of Commons.
In 1789 he was appointed commissioner for the victualling of the Navy, with the specific designation of "Controller of the Storekeepers' Accounts". During this time he oversaw the provisioning of George Vancouver's expedition along the West Coast of North America. Bellingham Bay and subsequently Bellingham, Washington were named by Vancouver in his honor.
He became the private secretary of the Right Honourable William Pitt, and was created a baronet, of Castle Bellingham on 19 April 1796. He was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and was Receiver General of the Land and Assessed Taxe of London.
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Died at Beckenham, Kent, now in South East London within the London Borough of Bromley.
Name: William Bellingham
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 14 Feb 1756
Baptism Place: Saint Peter, Drogheda, Louth, Ireland
Father's Name: Alan Bellingham
~~~
Sir William Bellingham, 1st Baronet (c. 1756 – 27 October 1826)[1] was an Irish-born British politician and the "controller of the storekeepers' accounts" for the Royal Navy.
Bellingham was charged with organizing and procuring provisions for the Vancouver Expedition. Though he never saw the Pacific Ocean, it is he after whom Bellingham Bay and the city of Bellingham, Washington are named.
William Bellingham was the son of Col. Alan Bellingham of Castlebellingham and Alice Montgomery, daughter of the Rev. Hans Montgomery of Grey Abbey House, Co. Down.
Bellingham was one of four siblings, all male: O'Bryen, Thomas, and Alan.
He attended Trinity College, Dublin, graduating in 1778 as a Bachelor of Arts.
In 1783 he married Hester Frances Cholmondeley (1763-1844) granddaughter of George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley.
Bellingham moved to Reigate, Surrey, and from 1784 through 1789 held the elected office of Member of Parliament in the House of Commons.
In 1789 he was appointed commissioner for the victualling of the Navy, with the specific designation of "Controller of the Storekeepers' Accounts". During this time he oversaw the provisioning of George Vancouver's expedition along the West Coast of North America. Bellingham Bay and subsequently Bellingham, Washington were named by Vancouver in his honor.
He became the private secretary of the Right Honourable William Pitt, and was created a baronet, of Castle Bellingham on 19 April 1796. He was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and was Receiver General of the Land and Assessed Taxe of London.
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Died at Beckenham, Kent, now in South East London within the London Borough of Bromley.
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