Henry Ducie Chads R.N.
Henry Ducie Chads R.N.
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Henry Ducie Chads R.N. | Explanation |
Eldest son of Captain Henry Chads R.N. (d. 1799) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
24 February 1788 | | Born |
26 November 1815 | | Married Elizabeth Townshend, eldest daughter of John Pook, of Fareham, Hampshire |
26 December 1826 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) for service in Burma |
5 July 1855 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
28 March 1865 | | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) |
7 April 1868 | | Died (Southsea) |
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Date | Rank |
25 October 1800 | Entered Royal Naval Colle |
5 November 1806 | Lieutenant |
28 May 1813 | Commander |
25 July 1825 | Captain |
12 January 1854 | Rear-Admiral |
24 November 1858 | Vice-Admiral |
3 December 1863 | Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
August 1812 | 29 December 1812 | Lieutenant in Java, commanded by Rowley Henry, North America (until defeated by USS Constitution, when - Lambert being killed - Chads had to surrender the ship) |
28 May 1813 | 24 November 1815 | Commander in Columbia (American privateer captured 1813, sloop), West Indies |
22 November 1823 | | Commander in Arachne (1809, brig-sloop), East Indies (including Rangoon campaign in First Anglo-Burmese War) |
27 April 1826 | 3 January 1827 | Captain in Alligator, East Indies |
2 January 1834 | 1837 | Captain in Andromache, East Indies |
20 August 1841 | 1845 | Captain in Cambrian, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) |
28 August 1845 | 1 July 1847 | Captain in Excellent, gunnery ship, Portsmouth, and Superintendent of Royal Naval College |
1 July 1847 | 1 July 1851 | Captain in Excellent, gunnery ship, Portsmouth |
1848 | | In command of a small squadron on the coast of Ireland during Smith O'Brien's uprising |
1 July 1851 | | Captain in Excellent, gunnery ship, Portsmouth |
6 February 1854 | | Third in command in the Baltic during the Russian War (flag in Edinburgh) |
1 April 1856 | 7 December 1858 | Commander-in-chief, Queenstown (flag in Nile) |
1859 | | Chairman of a committee on coast defence |