Background
Born the son of Commodore Digby Dent (died 1737), Dent was promoted to post captain on 9 June 1738 on appointment to the command of the fifth-rate HMS Kinsale.
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Digby Dent
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He transferred to the command of the third-rate HMS Hampton Court in 1739 and saw action in operations against Santiago de Cuba during the War of Jenkins" Ear. Promoted to commodore, he became Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station in 1747 and Controller of the Navy in 1756 before taking command of the sixth-rate HMS Queenborough in July 1758 and seeing action at the Battle of Negapatam in August 1758 during the Third Carnatic War. Dent married Sophia Pitt Drake.
