Alfred Conrad

Alfred Conrad was born on 10 January 1742 in Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom to Thomas Conrad.
He had served as Midshipman during the Seven Years War aboard the HMS Dorset starting 1757.
He saw action at the Battle of Cap-Francais in 1757 off the coast of Cap-Haïtien in Saint-Domingue in the Caribbean. He  again fought the Battle of Bishops Court 1760 off the coast of Ireland. On 31 May 1762 he fought against the Spanish off the coast of Cadiz. 
In 1764, he married Mary Conrad. 
In 1766, he had a son: Samuel Conrad.
Between 1764 and 1769 he continued to serve aboard HMS Dorset patrolling the Southern Coast of England. Between 1769 and 1775, then Captain Sir Conrad served as Captain of HMS Anne, patrolling the Caribbean waters with a port in Kingston, Jamaica.
In 1775, he fought in the American Revolution in several skirmishes between the Royal Navy and the Spanish, French and American Navies.
In 1780 he was promoted to Commodore and served against the French and Spanish Navies until 1783 in the Atlantic Ocean.
In 1786, he had a daughter: Anne Hamilton.
Between 1783 and 1796, he remained in Jamaica where he crushed the Maroon Rebellions. 
In 1788, he had a son: Edward Conrad. 
In 1790, he had a son: James Conrad.
In 1796, he was promoted to Rear Admiral of the Blue and was called to fight during the War of the French Revolution. He fought the French during their attempted Expedition to Ireland in 1796 and then again in 1798 when he fought once more under Admiral Nelson at the Battle of the Nile. During this battle, he was severely injured after a cannonball hit his foot, removing it completely by HMS Jamaica’s surgeon: Sir Henry Spencer. He was then deemed unfit for active service and returned to England where he worked in London in Naval Administration.
He died of natural causes in 1821 in London.