Francis Augustus Collier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFrancis Augustus Collier
British Royal Navy admiral
Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1786
Place of Birth: Ireland
Date of Death: 28-Oct-1849
Profession: naval officer
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Francis Augustus Collier
- Rear Admiral Sir Francis Augustus Collier, CB, KCH (7 August 1786 – 28 October 1849) was a senior officer of the British Royal Navy during the early nineteenth century.
- Born into a naval family, Collier served in the French Revolutionary Wars and fought at the Battle of the Nile on Horatio Nelson's flagship.
- During the Napoleonic Wars he was engaged in campaigns in the West Indies and in 1819 he commanded an operation against pirates in the Persian Gulf.
- He remained in service for the next thirty years, holding several commands before his death in 1849 as commander of the China Squadron at Hong Kong.
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