Henry Whitby

(1781-1812)

LBT ID: HeWhitb1812	B/BAP: 1781 DIED: 1812
SOURCES: John Horsley, Medals and Decorations of the British Army and Navy (1897) lxxi; John Campbell in The History and Lives of the British Admirals (1818)
He was acquitted of murdering an American seaman while Captain of the Leander; for his service as captain of the Cerberus he was awarded a medal for gallantry in 1812.
REFERENCES TO Henry Whitby: Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 2 January 1821 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 2: ¶ 2 ¶ 3 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1821 “[Moore’s Letters and Journals of Lord Byron]” in Literary Gazette (1 January 1831) 3-5 Found 1: ¶ 16