Global InformationAiskew Hollis information
Aiskew Paffard Hollis | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1764 |
| Died | 23 June 1844 Southampton, Hampshire |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1774–1844 |
| Rank | Vice-Admiral |
| Battles/wars | American Revolutionary War • Battle of Ushant French Revolutionary Wars • Glorious First of June • Battle of Groix • Second Battle of Algeciras Napoleonic Wars |
Vice-Admiral Aiskew Paffard Hollis (c. 1764 – 23 June 1844) was a Royal Navy officer of the early nineteenth century who is best known for his service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Born in the 1760s, Hollis entered the Navy in 1774 and served during the American Revolutionary War, seeing action at the Battle of Ushant and the French Revolutionary Wars in which he was badly wounded at the Glorious First of June. In 1801, as the captain of HMS Thames Hollis was heavily engaged at the Second Battle of Algeciras and in the Napoleonic Wars he served in a number of commissions and all major theatres.