John Crawford Wilson R.N.
John Crawford Wilson R.N.
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John Crawford Wilson R.N. | Explanation |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
4 July 1885 | | Died (Brighton) |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
31 October 1855 | Lieutenant |
29 January 1861 | Commander |
17 February 1865 | Captain |
23 November 1881 | Rear-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
28 July 1857 | | Lieutenant in Chesapeake, commanded by Harry Edmond Edgell, East Indies and China |
2 January 1860 | 25 March 1861 | Acting Commander in Fury, East Indies and China |
(1 April 1861) | 11 February 1864 | Commander in Gorgon (until paying off at Woolwich), Cape of Good Hope |
1864 | | Commander (2ic) in Bombay, commanded by Colin Andrew Campbell, flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, south-east coast of America (until accidentally burnt off Montevideo, 91 died) |
18 May 1866 | 17 July 1869 | Captain in Narcissus (until paying off at Plymouth), flagship of Rear-Admiral George Ramsay, South Ameirca |
1 July 1870 | 31 December 1871 | Captain in Pembroke, flagship of Vice-Admiral Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, Sheerness |
1 January 1872 | 31 December 1874 | Captain in Impregnable, Devonport, training ship for boys |
1 May 1877 | 30 September 1878 | Captain in Thunderer (from commissioning at Portsmouth) |
12 September 1878 | 21 January 1882 | Commander-in-chief, Australia |
1 October 1878 | 10 March 1882 | Commodore in Wolverene (until paying off at Sydney), Australia |
(11 May 1883) | 12 May 1884 | Second in command, Channel squadron, flag in Agincourt |
23 February 1885 | 4 July 1885 | Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard (until he died), flag in Indus |