George Le Geyt Bowyear R.N.
George Le Geyt Bowyear R.N.

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George Le Geyt Bowyear R.N.Explanation
The youngest son of Thomas Kyerwood Bowyear, of Dilwyn, Herefordshire
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
9 September 1815 Born (Dilwyn, Herefordshire)
14 February 1903 Died (St Helier, Jersey)
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'
Obituary in the Times newspaper
 
DateRank
2 December 1830Entered Navy
24 December 1836Mate
19 April 1840Lieutenant
27 September 1851Commander
10 May 1856Captain
 
Date fromDate toService
24 December 183624 December 1837Midshipman in Gannet (1814, brig-sloop)
25 December 183724 February 1838Mate in Gannet (1814, brig-sloop)
25 February 183820 November 1839Mate in Andromache, commanded by Captain Robert Lambert Baynes, Cape of Good Hope
21 November 183918 April 1840Mate in Winchester, commanded by Captain John Parker, North America and West Indies
19 April 184012 November 1842Lieutenant in Racehorse, commanded by Commander Edward Alfred John Harris then Commander John Coghlan Fitzgerald then Edmund Peel, North America and West Indies
15 July 184323 September 1847Lieutenant in Pilot, commanded by Commander William Henry Jervis, particular service
1 November 18477 August 1851Lieutenant in Maeander, commanded by Captain Henry Keppel, East Indies, then Australia and the Pacific
1 January 185311 May 1855Commander (2ic) in Vengeance, commanded by Captain Lord Edward Russell, Mediterranean
8 October 185530 August 1856Commander in Vulcan
6 July 186211 June 1863Captain in Sans Pareil (until paying off at Plymouth), conveying Marines to, and invalids from, China
2 September 186324 March 1865Captain in Phaeton (until paying off at Chatham), North America and West Indies
20 May 18653 September 1865Captain in Canopus, receiving ship, Devonport
4 September 186524 September 1867Captain in Revenge, Coast Guard, Pembroke
25 September 186730 April 1868Captain in Irresistible, Coast Guard, Southampton
1 May 186826 May 1868Captain in Hector (from commissioning at Portsmouth), Ship of First Reserve, Coast Guard, Southampton
27 August 186927 December 1870Captain in Terror, guard ship, Bermuda

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