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Despite many references stating Rollings was a lieutenant in the navy, Michael Kelly said he was merely a midshipsman. As Kelly lived with them, and from the information kindly provided in this forum, I now believe that was correct. I'm certain his career in the cavalry was genuine and that he later...

Thanks again. All this information is very helpful!

Thanks. I read that as meaning he did not enlist and work his way up but bought his way into the lowest of the officer ranks. Is that correct and did that happen in the navy also in the late eighteenth century?

Thanks for your reply and the nice detective work. The marriage to Anna Maria Phillips and the Cavalry commission both relate to the man I'm researching. He and his second wife had two sons, the elder being Edward Calvert the noted British artist. I believe his army career was genuine but I have no ...

Hi, I'm a student at the Univerity of Sydney researching Lieutenant Rollings Edward Crouch (1760-1813) and I'm hoping forum members might be able to point me in the right direction. I want to know if he was genuinely a RN officer as I suspect he may not have been. He used various surnames over his l...