Royal Naval Biography/Kinsman, John Knill
JOHN KNILL KINSMAN, Esq.
[Commander.]
Appears to have been employed, as an acting lieutenant, on the coast of Egypt, during the memorable campaign of 1801. His first commission bears date Jan. 7th, 1802. We next find him serving under Sir Robert Laurie, in the Cleopatra frigate, on the Halifax station; and he is mentioned by that officer as having rendered him “every assistance” in the action between that ship and la Ville de Milan, Feb. 17th, 1805[1]. He obtained the rank of commander on the 17th of Sept. 1813; and died at the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, in May, 1831.