Francis Augustus Collier
| Sir Francis Augustus Collier | |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 August 1786 Ireland |
| Died | 28 October 1849 (aged 63) Hong Kong |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
|
| Years of service | 1794 – 1849 |
| Rank | Royal Navy Rear-Admiral |
| Battles/wars |
French Revolutionary Wars • Battle of the Nile Napoleonic Wars • Invasion of Martinique Persian Gulf campaign of 1819 |
| Awards | Knight Bachelor, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order |
Rear Admiral Sir Francis Augustus Collier, CB, KCH (c. 1783 – 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.
Collier was born in approximately 1783, the son of Admiral Sir George Collier and his wife Elizabeth Fryer. In 1794 he entered the Royal Navy aged 11 and served with the Channel Fleet for several years before being transferred to the Mediterranean to served aboard Admiral Horatio Nelson's flagship HMS Vanguard. In 1798, Vanguard and Collier were engaged at the Battle of the Nile, and he subsequently moved with Nelson to HMS Foudroyant, serving aboard until 1802 and the Peace of Amiens.
In 1803 he was promoted to Lieutenant and in 1805 to Commander. Between 25 October 1805 and 15 January 1806 he commanded Nimrod in the Caribbean.
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