John Hawley Glover R.N.
John Hawley Glover R.N.
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John Hawley Glover R.N. | Explanation |
Son of the Reverend Frederick Augustus Glover |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
24 February 1829 | | Born (Yateley, Hampshire) |
30 September 1885 | 7 July 1872 | Died (London) |
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Date | Rank |
4 December 1841 | Entered Navy |
30 May 1848 | Lieutenant |
24 November 1862 | Commander |
18?? | Retired Commander |
24 November 1877 | Retired Captain |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
25 February 1854 | | Lieutenant in Rosamond, commanded by Stephen Smith Lowther Crofton, particular service |
10 March 1855 | 25 February 1857 | Lieutenant and commander in Otter, transporting troops to Heligoland, then (July 1856) mail to the Cape of Good Hope |
1862 | | Joined Colonial service |
21 April 1863 | | Administrator of Lagos, then Colonial Secretary, then again Administrator |
1873 | 1874 | Raised a native force, to act at his discretion under the leadership of Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley, during the Ashanti war |
7 April 1876 | June 1881 | Governor of Newfoundland |
7 December 1881 | 1883 | Governor of the Leeward Islands (until forced to leave by malaria) |
1883 | 30 September 1885 | Governor of Newfoundland (until he died) |