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Manby was born in the village of Denver on the edge of the Norfolk Fens.His parents were Mary Woodcock (1741-1783) and Captain Matthew Pepper Manby (1735-1774), lord of the manor of Wood Hall in Hilgay, a former soldier and aide-de-camp to Lord Townshend and barrack-master of Limerick at his death. [1]
The wreck was witnessed by captain George William Manby. [2] Following this tragedy, Manby experimented with mortars, and so invented the Manby Mortar, (later used with the breeches buoy), that fired a thin rope from shore into the rigging of a ship in distress. A strong rope, attached to the thin one, could be pulled aboard the ship.
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Captain George William Manby (1765–1854), barrack-master and inventor of marine life-saving equipment and the fire extinguisher [81] Mary Dawson Turner (1774–1850), artist and illustrator [82] Dawson Turner (1775–1858), banker, botanist and antiquary [83] Captain John Black (1778–1802) son of a clergyman, ship's officer and privateer
Manby is a surname, and may refer to: Aaron Manby (ironmaster) (1776–1850), ironmaster and civil engineer Sir Alan Reeve Manby (1848–1925), Surgeon-Apothecary In Ordinary to the Prince of Wales at Sandringham and later Physician Extraordinary
A World War II-era steamship that sank along with its captain in ... April 30, 1940, bound for Owen Sound, Ontario, 1,000 miles to the east on Lake Huron. It was found near Copper Harbor, Michigan.
The U.S. Marine Corps on Friday released the identities of the five Marines who were killed after their helicopter crashed while flying from Nevada to California during a routine training mission.
Manby was born in the village of Hilgay on the edge of the Norfolk Fens. His father, Matthew Pepper Manby, was lord of the manor of Wood Hall in Hilgay and a former soldier and aide-de-camp to Lord Townshend. Manby's eldest sister Mary Jane (1763-1773), younger brother John (1773-1783) and two other siblings died as children.