{{Short description|Royal Navy Officer (1629-1715)}} {{for|his son, also Comptroller of the Navy|Richard Haddock (Royal Navy officer, born 1673)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = Admiral | name = Sir Richard Haddock | birth_date = Born 1629 | death_date = 26 January 1714 (aged 84 or 85) | image = Sir Richard Haddock.jpg | caption = | birth_place = Leigh-on-Sea | death_place = London | allegiance = {{plainlist| *{{Flag|Kingdom of England}} *{{flag|Kingdom of Great Britain}}}} | service_years = – 1714 | rank = Admiral | branch = {{navy|Kingdom of England}} | commands = {{plainlist| *{{ship|English ship|Dragon|1647|6}} *{{HMS|Portland|1660|6}} *{{HMS|Royal James|1671|6}} *{{HMS|Lion|1660|6}} *{{HMS|Royal Charles|1673|6}} *{{HMS|Duke|1682|6}}}} | unit = | battles = {{plainlist| *Holmes's Bonfire *Battle of Solebay *Battle of Schooneveld *Battle of Texel}} | awards = Knighthood | relations = Nicholas Haddock (son) }}
Admiral '''Sir Richard Haddock''' (c. 1629 – 26 January 1715 Old Style) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the Anglo-Dutch Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Admiral in August 1690.
==Family and early life== Haddock was born into a distinguished navy family. His grandfather, also Richard Haddock, had been rewarded by the government in 1652, having held commands under both Charles I and subsequently the Parliamentary regime; he commanded the ''Victory'' in 1642, the ''Antelope'' in 1643–44, the ''John'' in 1644 and the ''Unicorn'' in 1648. In 1652 he served as Vice-Admiral commanding the ''Vanguard''.<ref name="Dunkin43">{{cite book |last=Dunkin|title=The Archaeological mine |page= 43}}</ref> His father, William Haddock, also commanded trading vessels, and was appointed on 14 March 1651 to command the ''America'', a ship hired by the Commonwealth of England Navy.<ref name="Dunkin43"/> He served in the First Anglo–Dutch War and saw action in 1653. For his services he was awarded a gold medal. William initially lived in Deptford but subsequently moved to Kent.<ref name="Dunkin43"/> He had a number of children, several of whom followed him into the navy, including his son Richard.<ref name="Dunkin43"/>
==Command== left|thumb|Haddock's ship, the ''Royal James'', is burnt by Dutch fireships. Richard Haddock had command of {{ship|English ship|Dragon|1647|6}} from 1656 to 1660 but was then unemployed until 1666 when he took command of the 50-gun {{HMS|Portland|1660|6}} on 14 June 1666.<ref name="Dunkin44">{{cite book |last=Dunkin|title=The Archaeological mine |page= 44}}</ref> During this period, he was given command of one of the companies involved in the attacks on Ulie and Schelling in August 1666. He relinquished command of the ''Portland'' on 9 November 1667.
Prior to the outbreak of the Third Anglo-Dutch War in 1672 Haddock became captain of the 100-gun {{HMS|Royal James|1671|6}} on 18 January of that year; he was her captain at the Battle of Solebay on 28 May.<ref name="Dunkin44"/> The ''Royal James'' was the flagship of Admiral Sir Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich. The ''Royal James'' led the van of the Blue Squadron and attacked Willem Joseph van Ghent's ship.<ref name="Dunkin44"/> She was then engaged by a number of other Dutch warships and fireships. Despite fighting several of them off and forcing Rear-Admiral Jan van Brakel's ship to disengage, the ''Royal James'' was set on fire by the Dutch.<ref name="Dunkin44"/> Haddock was wounded in the foot, and on seeing that the ship was doomed, attempted to persuade the Earl to abandon ship.<ref name="Dunkin44"/> Montagu refused, and Haddock jumped overboard. He survived to be picked up and transferred to another English warship. Montagu was killed in the wreck.<ref name="Dunkin44"/>
Haddock returned to London and attended a meeting with King Charles II. There the King bestowed a mark of favour on Haddock for his actions during the battle, taking a satin cap from his head and placing it upon Haddock's. The cap was kept in the family for many years, with a note describing <blockquote>This satin cap was given by King Charles the second, in the year 1672, to Sir Richard Haddock, after the English battle with the Dutch, when he had been captain of the Royal James, under the command of the Earl of Sandwich, which ship was burnt, and Sir Richard had been wounded. Given him on his return to London.<ref name="Dunkin44"/></blockquote>
Haddock assumed command of the Third rate {{HMS|Lion|1660|6}} on 7 November 1672 and remained with her until the following 1 February. He was then given command on 2 February 1673 of the brand new First rate {{HMS|Royal Charles|1673|6}}, flagship of Prince Rupert of the Rhine.<ref name="Dunkin44"/> He fought at the Battles of Schooneveld on 28 May and 4 June 1673 (Old Style; 7 and 14 June New Style). Immediately following this second action, on 5 June 1673 he was switched to command HMS ''Royal Sovereign'', but relinquished command of the ''Royal Sovereign'' on 30 June, and was quickly appointed to be an Extra Commissioner of the Navy on 18 August 1673.<ref name="Dunkin44"/>
He was knighted on 3 July 1675.<ref name="Dunkin44"/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=1004|page=1|date=5 July 1675}}</ref> Haddock was appointed Comptroller of the Navy on 2 February 1682, an appointment he retained until 17 April 1686. He also became commander of {{HMS|Duke|1682|6}} on 3 June 1682, but this last sea command only lasted 18 days, ending on 21 June.<ref name="BN">{{cite book |last=Charnock|title=Biographia Navalis |page= 231}}</ref>
==Political life and later offices== In 1683 he was appointed first Commissioner of the Victualling Office, a post he held until 1690. He entered politics in 1678, being elected to represent Aldeburgh.<ref name="Dunkin45"/> He became the representative for New Shoreham in 1685, and just before the accession of King William III he again became Controller of the Navy on 12 October 1688, a post he held until his death on 29 January 1714.<ref name="Dunkin45">{{cite book |last=Dunkin|title=The Archaeological mine |page= 45}}</ref><ref name="BD"/> He was appointed joint Commander-in-Chief of the fleet sent to Ireland in 1690, alongside Vice Admiral Henry Killigrew and Sir John Ashby.<ref name="Dunkin45"/> They commanded the fleet from the third rate {{HMS|Kent|1679|6}}.<ref name="BN232">{{cite book |last=Charnock|title=Biographia Navalis |page= 232}}</ref> They remained in command until the winter when the fleet returned to Britain. They resigned their commissions and were replaced by Admiral Edward Russell. Haddock went into retirement from active service, dying in London on 26 January 1715.<ref>J. D. Davies, 'Haddock, Sir Richard (c.1629–1715)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008.</ref> He was buried on 6 February in the churchyard of St Clement's Church, Leigh-on-Sea.
==Relations== Sir Richard married, firstly, Elizabeth (known as "Lydia") Wilkinson, daughter of Henry Wilkinson and Joan (or Jean) Cannon, on 13 February 1648 at St Katharine's by the Tower.<ref name="Haddock Heritage">{* {{cite book |last=Cooper|title=Haddock Heritage, Third Edition |year=2004 }}</ref> They had three children, Jeane (married John Greene in 1672), John (who went to America), and Richard.<ref name="Haddock Heritage"/> Sir Richard married, secondly, Elizabeth Hurleston, daughter of Adm. Nicholas Hurleston and Anna Moyer, on 24 July 1671 at St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate and had seven children; Martha who married Dennis Lyddoll; Capt. Richard b. abt 1673 - 21 April 1751; William; Elizabeth; Capt. Joseph Haddock; Adm. of the Blue Nicholas Haddock (1685–1746); Lydia.<ref name="Haddock Heritage"/>
Sir Richard's nephew, also named Richard, served in the navy and commanded the fireship ''Anne and Christopher'' at the Battle of Solebay, being commended for his bravery.<ref name="Dunkin45"/> Sir Richard's brother, Joseph Haddock, also had a naval career as a Lieutenant during the Third Anglo-Dutch War, later commanding HMS ''Swallow'' in 1678.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
Sir Richard's eldest son (by his second wife), another Richard, followed his father into the navy and in April 1734 was appointed to his father's old post of Comptroller of the Navy.<ref name="Dunkin45"/><ref name="BD">{{cite book |last=Haydn|title=The Book of Dignities|page= 196}}</ref>
Sir Richard's third son, Nicholas, ended a distinguished naval career with the rank of Admiral of the Blue.<ref name="Dunkin48">{{cite book |last=Dunkin|title=The Archaeological mine |page= 48}}</ref><ref name="GM">{{cite book |title=The Gentleman's Magazine|page= 355}}</ref>
==Hergé's ''Adventures of Tintin''==
In Hergé's ''Adventures of Tintin'', Richard Haddock may have been an inspiration for Captain Haddock's 17th century ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tomb of Mary Anna Haddock in St Clement's Church |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1481879 |website=National Heritage List for England |publisher=Historic England |access-date=18 December 2024 |date=25 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Mark |title=Tintin and the terrific tomb: Essex heritage listing is thrill for Hergé fans |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/dec/18/tintin-and-the-terrific-tomb-essex-heritage-listing-is-thrill-for-herge-fans |work=The Guardian |date=18 December 2024}}</ref>
==Notes== {{reflist}}
==References== * {{cite book |first=A. J.|last=Dunkin|title=The Archaeological mine, antiquarian nuggets relating to Kent |publisher=John Russell Smith|location=London|year=1855 |pages= 43–8 |chapter=The Haddocks of Wrotham}} * {{cite book |title=The Gentleman's Magazine |publisher=F. Jefferies|year=1865 |chapter=Destruction of Church Monuments in Essex}} * {{cite book |first=Joseph|last=Haydn|title=The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personages of the British Empire ... from the Earliest Periods to the Present Time ... Together with the Sovereigns of Europe, from the Foundation of Their Respective States; the Peerage of England and Great Britain |url=https://archive.org/details/bookdignitiesco00haydgoog|publisher=Longmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans|year=1851 |chapter=Statesmen and State Officers}} * {{cite book |first=John|last=Charnock|title=Biographia Navalis: Or, Impartial Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of Officers of the Navy of Great Britain, from the Year 1660 to the Present Time; Drawn from the Most Authentic Sources, and Disposed in a Chronological Arrangement |url=https://archive.org/details/biographianaval04chargoog|publisher=R. Faulder|year=1794}} * {{cite book |last=Cooper|title=Haddock Heritage, Third Edition |year=2004 }}
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