Augustus St. Clair Booth R.N.
Augustus St. Clair Booth R.N.
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Augustus St. Clair Booth R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Richard Booth (1767-1845) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
1 May 1810 | | Born (Old Basing, Hampshire, England) |
24 December 1906 | | Died (Leatherhead, Surrey, England) |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
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Date | Rank |
12 April 1836 | Lieutenant |
15 May 1848 | Commander |
22 November 1856 | Captain |
22 August 1867 | Retired Captain |
1 January 1875 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
15 June 1879 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
30 March 1885 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
10 May 1827 | 4 July 1827 | Midshipman in Britannia, commanded by Captain Edward Hawker, Plymouth |
5 July 1827 | 15 May 1830 | Midshipman in Ocean, commanded by Captain Patrick Campbell, Plymouth |
19 September 1830 | 7 October 1831 | Volunteer 1st Class in Favourite, commanded by Commander Joseph Harrison, Mediterranean |
8 October 1831 | 13 September 1832 | Mate in Dryad, commanded by Commodore John Hayes, west coast of Africa |
7 July 1833 | 19 October 1835 | Mate in Challenger (1826, sixth rate), commanded by Michael Seymour, South America, until wrecked at Mocquilla Point, near Leubu, on the coast of Chile by an abnormal and previously unknown reversal of the current (all rescued after spending seven weeks on land) |
1 June 1836 | 5 April 1838 | Lieutenant in Columbine, commanded by Commander Thomas Henderson, Mediterranean |
1 February 1840 | 12 October 1843 | Lieutenant in Thunderer, commanded by Captain Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinghe Berkeley then Captain Daniel Pring, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840) |
8 December 1846 | 14 February 1847 | Lieutenant in Penelope, commanded by Captain Henry Wells Giffard, west coast of Africa |
15 February 1847 | 14 April 1847 | Lieutenant in Espoir, commanded by Commander George Sumner Hand, west coast of Africa |
20 April 1847 | 20 May 1848 | Lieutenant in Howe, commanded by Captain James Stirling, Mediterranean |
2 February 1854 | 18 February 1855 | Commander (2ic) in Nile, commanded by Henry Byam Martin then Captain George Rodney Mundy, the Baltic during the Russian War |