Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage R.N.
Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage R.N.
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Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Charles Fieschi Heneage |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
19 March 1833 | | Born |
11 February 1874 | | Married Louisa Emma, daughter of Sir Edmund Antrobus, 3rd Bart. |
10 June 1915 | | Died |
In a review of 'Scott of the Antarctic' by David Crane, in the Guardian of 10 December 2005, David Rushby cites: Algernon 'Pompo' Heneage, a man who would stalk through his ship wearing a pair of white kid gloves. Behind him a coxswain waited with a further dozen pairs on a silver tray as Heneage 'groped behind pipes and down lavatory bowls for the traces of dirt that could damn an executive officer's career for ever'. This tartar refused to wear his uniform for prayers as 'no Royal Navy officer should be seen kneeling to a higher deity' |
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Date | Rank |
8 March 1854 | Lieutenant |
10 January 1861 | Commander |
26 June 1866 | Captain |
7 July 1884 | Rear-Admiral |
29 November 1889 | Vice-Admiral |
9 December 1894 | Admiral |
19 March 1898 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
(10 January 1861) | 6 October 1862 | Commander in Falcon (until paying off at Portsmouth), west coast of Africa |
14 December 1863 | | Commander in Lily, North America and West Indies |
21 January 1867 | 27 April 1870 | Captain in Rodney (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Portsmouth), flagship of Vice-Admiral Henry Keppel, China |
2 November 1872 | 1 November 1875 | Captain in Royal Adelaide, flagship of Admiral Henry Keppel on the Devonport station |
7 January 1881 | 30 April 1881 | Captain in Warrior, Coast Guard, Portland |
20 September 1887 | 4 February 1890 | Commander-in-chief, Pacific |
27 February 1892 | 10 December 1894 | Commander-in-chief, the Nore |