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| Viscount Gilford (Richard James Meade) R.N. | Explanation | ||
| ('Spy' cartoon). | |||
| Eldest son of Richard Charles Francis Meade, third Earl of Clanwilliam and Baron Gillford in the Irish peerage and Baron Clanwilliam in the peerage of the United Kingdom | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 3 October 1832 | Born (London) | ||
| 17 June 1867 | Married Elizabeth Henrietta (1842-1925), eldest daughter of Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy, G.C.M.G. (1809-1883), governor of Queensland | ||
| 1872 | Aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria | ||
| June 1877 | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) | ||
| 7 October 1879 | Succeeded as 4th Earl of Clanwilliam | ||
| 3 March 1882 | K.C.M.G. (Knight Commander of St Michael and St George) | ||
| 21 June 1887 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) | ||
| 25 May 1895 | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) | ||
| 4 August 1907 | Died (Badgemore, Henley-on-Thames) | ||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 17 November 1845 | Entered Navy | ||
| 12 September 1852 | Lieutenant | ||
| 26 February 1858 | Commander | ||
| 22 July 1859 | Captain | ||
| 31 December 1876 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 26 July 1881 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 2 June 1886 | Admiral | ||
| 22 February 1895 | Admiral of the Fleet | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 17 December 1852 | 13 December 1855 | Lieutenant in Impérieuse, commanded by Rundle Burges Watson, frigate, senior officer's ship of the advanced squadron in the Baltic, in which he served during the whole of the Russian War1) | |
| 14 December 1855 | 3 September 1856 | Lieutenant and commander in Bustard | |
| 4 September 1856 | 11 June 1857 | Lieutenant in Raleigh, commanded by Henry Keppel, East Indies and China, (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) (until wrecked near Macaw when the ship struck an uncharted rock; all saved) | |
| 11 June 1857 | 31 August 1857 | Lieutenant in Alligator2) | |
| 1 September 1857 | 25 February 1858 | Lieutenant in Calcutta, commanded by Captain William King Hall, flagship of Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour, East Indies (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War. Landing with the naval brigade before Canton, he was severely wounded in the storming of that city | |
| 26 February 1858 | 14 July 1859 | Commander in Hornet (until paying off at Portsmouth), East Indies and China | |
| 13 March 1862 | 16 May 1866 | Captain in Tribune (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), Pacific | |
| 24 June 1868 | 30 October 1868 | Captain in Formidable, flagship, Sheerness | |
| 31 October 1868 | 17 October 1871 | Captain in Hercules (from commissioning), Channel squadron | |
| 1 January 1872 | 5 March 1874 | Captain in Asia, flagship of Rear-Admiral Francis Leopold McClintock, Admiral Superintendent, Portsmouth | |
| 6 March 1874 | 14 May 1880 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (Junior Naval Lord) | |
| 3 September 1880 | 9 February 1882 | Commander-in-chief, Detached Squadron, flag in Inconstant (until invalided) | |
| 25 August 1885 | 20 October 1886 | Commander-in-chief, North America and West Indies, flag in Northampton | |
| 22 June 1891 | 22 June 1894 | Commander-in-chief, Portsmouth, flag in Duke of Wellington | |
| 1) | According to his Admiralty service record (ADM 196/1/547) he was serving as Lieutenant in Hornet from 17 December 52 to 25 February 1958, but this is impossible; Hornet was only launched in April 1854 |
| 2) | According to his Admiralty service record (ADM 196/36/1262) he was serving in a vessel of this name; however I have not been able to identify this vessel |
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