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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.
George Duff (1764–1805), Royal Navy admiral buried at sea after being killed in the Battle of Trafalgar. Frank Watson Dyson (1868–1939), British Astronomer Royal buried at sea during voyage between Australia and England. Zachary Hickes (d. 1771), Royal Navy first lieutenant aboard HMS Endeavour on its voyage to Australia [3]
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
Edward Ashley as Barzillai Ray, Morgan Chetcuti as Sheppard, Chris Hemsworth as Owen Chase and Benjamin Walker as George Pollard in Warner Bros. Pictures' 'In the Heart of the Sea' (2015).
Manby mortar, 1842 drawing John Cantiloe Joy, Going to a Vessel requiring assistance and Thereby preventing Shipwreck (undated), Norfolk Museums Collections. The Manby mortar or Manby apparatus was a maritime lifesaving device originated at the start of the 19th century, comprising a mortar capable of throwing a line to a foundering ship within reach of shore, such that heavier hawsers could ...
Charles Manby (1804–1884), civil engineer and son of Aaron Manby; Dave Manby, canoeist or kayaker; Frederic Edward Manby (1845–1891), surgeon and Mayor of Wolverhampton 1888/1889, elder brother to Alan Reeve Manby; Captain George William Manby FRS (1765–1864), inventor of the Manby Mortar and the first portable pressurised fire ...
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.