John Stockham [SEP] conflict
John Stockham
Captain John Stockham (24 July 1765 – 6 February 1814) was an officer in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, whose career is now obscured to the point that very little of his life is known up until 1805, when he was suddenly and unexpectedly called upon to command the ship of the line at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Early career.
Stockham was born in July 1765 to a middle class Devon family, and was baptised in Exeter on 24 July. The date he joined the
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Stockham can refer to:
- People
- Alice Bunker Stockham (1833-1912), fifth woman doctor in the United States
- Bob Stockham (born 1970), American football player
- Fred W. Stockham (1881-1918), United States Marine, posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor
- John Stockham (1765-1814), British naval officer
- Thomas Stockham (1933-2004), American scientist
- Places
- Stockham, Nebraska, a village in Hamilton