Henry Whitby

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Henry Whitby was a captain in the Royal Navy. He fought during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He joined the navy in 1794 as a midshipman.[https://books.google.com/books?id=QWbjxv5O6ocC&dq=%22Henry+Whitby%22+naval+chronicle+vol.+28&pg=PA265 Biographical Memoire. Henry Whitby. Naval Chronicle, Vol. 28, p. 265] He commanded {{HMS|Leander|1780|6}} and {{HMS|Centaur|1797|6}}. He married the second daughter of John Nicholson Inglefield.[https://archive.org/stream/navalchronicleco23lond#page/88/mode/2up/search/halifax Naval Chronicle, p. 38]