Hon. Fitzgerald Algernon Charles Foley R.N.
Hon. Fitzgerald Algernon Charles Foley R.N.
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Hon. Fitzgerald Algernon Charles Foley R.N. | Explanation |
Youngest son of Thomas Henry Foley, 3th Baron Foley |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
5 September 1823 | | Born |
27 August 1850 | | Married, firstly, Frances (d. 23 February 1867), daughter of Sir George Campbell. |
21 July 1878 | | Married, secondly, Renira Anna, daughter of Reverend Richard Fortescue Purvis, and widow of Captain Edward Henry Gage Lambert |
26 July 1903 | | Died (Packham, Fordingbridge, Hants.) |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
2 May 1837 | Entered Navy |
29 April 1843 | Mate |
15 January 1846 | Lieutenant |
7 September 1855 | Commander |
6 August 1860 | Captain |
30 December 1876 | Rear-Admiral |
23 November 1881 | Vice-Admiral |
24 May 1887 | Admiral |
7 July 1887 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
29 April 1843 | 9 August 1845 | Mate in Cambrian, commanded by Captain Henry Ducie Chads, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) |
14 February 1846 | 6 February 1850 | Lieutenant in Raleigh, commanded by Captain Thomas Herbert, south-east coast of America |
16 August 1853 | 25 October 1853 | Lieutenant in President, commanded by Captain Richard Burridge |
26 December 1853 | 10 September 1855 | Lieutenant in Victoria and Albert, commanded by Captain Joseph Denman, Portsmouth |
29 December 1855 | 29 May 1856 | Commander (2ic) in Brunswick, commanded by Captain Hastings Reginald Henry |
12 August 1858 | 17 February 1860 | Commander in Coquette, Mediterranean |
11 July 1862 | 14 May 1863 | Captain in Edgar (from commissioning at Portsmouth), flagship of Rear-Admiral Sidney Colpoys Dacres, second in command, Mediterranean |
13 June 1863 | 26 April 1865 | Captain in Revenge (until paying off at Plymouth), flagship of Rear-Admiral Hastings Reginald Yelverton, second in command, Mediterranean (until replaced by Caledonia) |
27 April 1865 | 6 May 1867 | Captain in Caledonia (from commissioning at Plymouth), flagship of Rear-Admiral Hastings Reginald Yelverton, Mediterranean (second in command) |
7 May 1867 | 11 August 1871 | Captain in Cambridge, gunnery ship, Devonport (replaced by Cambridge) |
5 September 1871 | 30 August 1874 | Captain in Britannia, training ship for Naval Cadets, Dartmouth |
9 January 1875 | 8 January 1877 | Captain in Duncan, Captain-superintendent of Sheerness dockyard |
30 April 1877 | 1 May 1882 | Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard, flag in Asia |