Richard Poulden

Richard Poulden (1766–1845) was an English officer in the Royal Navy who rose to the rank of Rear-Admiral.

Life

J. T. Serres: Port Mahon, Minorca, British Men-of-War at Anchor, Richard Poulden, a native of Portsea, was born in 1766, and early in life adopted the naval profession. He entered the Royal Navy on 22 July 1776, as Captain's Servant, on board the Hector, 74 guns, Captain Sir John Hamilton, on the Home station, where he continued employed as Midshipman in the Cambridge, 74 guns, Captain Francis John Hartwell, and Diligente sloop, Captain Anthony Hunt, until transferred, in October 1780, to the Barfleur, 90 guns, fitting for the flag of Sir Samuel Hood, under whom, on arriving in the West Indies, he fought in a partial action with the Comte de Grasse on 29 April 1781. On 8 January 1782 he was nominated, by Hood, Acting-Lieutenant of the Alfred, 74 guns, Captains William Bain, Robert Barber, and Thomas Dumaresq; to which ship the Admiralty confirmed him on 12 February 1783.