of the Alkmaar, 50 guns; in which ship he remained, until September 1802, employed on the Home, Baltic, and West India stations. Having attained Post rank on 29 April 1802, he was afterwards appointed; on 23 March 1803, to the Superintendence of the Rendezvous for seamen at Whitby, in Yorkshire; on 19 September 1805, to the Sea Fencible service; and, on 14 July 1810, to the office of Principal Agent for Transports at Lisbon, where he remained until April 1815. He became a Rear-Admiral on the Retired List on 10 January 1837; and on the Active on 17 August 1840. He died on 16 March 1845, at his residence, Richmond Hill, Clifton, in his eightieth year. Notes References Sources "Died". Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle. 22 March 1845. p. 4, col. 5. "Obituary of Eminent Persons Recently Deceased / Admiral Poulden". The Illustrated London News, 6(153). 5 April 1845. pp. 213–214. "To be Rear Admirals of the White". The London Gazette, No. 19885. 18 August 1840. p. 1903. Attribution: O'Byrne, William R. (1849). "Poulden, Richard". A Naval Biographical Dictionary. London: John Murray. p. 917. Further reading "Naval and Military Promotions". Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle. 16 January 1837. p. 4, col. 4. "Died". The Bristol Mercury, and Western Counties Advertiser. 22 March 1845. p. 8, col. 6. "Death of Rear-Admiral Poulden". The Leeds Intelligencer. 29 March 1845. p. 7, col. 4. "Miscellaneous Domestic Intelligence". The Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald. 29 March 1845. p. 4, col. 3. "The Late Admiral Poulden". The Morning Post. 5 September 1845. p. 3, col. 2. "Wills / Will of the Late Admiral Poulden". The Observer. 7 September 1945. p. 1, col. 3. "Will of the Late Admiral Poulden". The Chelmsford Chronicle. 12 September 1845. p. 4, col. 3. External links Harrison, Cy (2010). "Richard Poulden". Three Decks. Retrieved 17 February 2023. 1845 deaths 1766 births Royal Navy rear admirals