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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Leveson Eliot Henry Somerset R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Second son of Lord Granville Somerset, M.P. | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 20 August 1829 | Born | ||
| 18 January 1872 | Married Eva (1848-1904), daughter of Hon. Richard Rowley | ||
| September 1875 | February 1878 | Superintendent of Bermuda dockyard | |
| November 1876 | February 1878 | Naval aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria | |
| 7 February 1900 | Died (Curson street, London) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 22 May 1843 | Entered Navy | ||
| 24 October 1851 | Lieutenant | ||
| 10 May 1856 | Commander | ||
| 15 April 1862 | Captain | ||
| 28 April 1878 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 7 July 1884 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 19 June 1888 | Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 4 February 1853 | Lieutenant in Duke of Wellington, commanded by George Thomas Gordon, flagship of Vice-Admiral Charles Napier, the Baltic during the Russian War | ||
| 17 October 1857 | Commander in Devastation | ||
| 27 October 1857 | 19 April 1860 | Commander (2ic) in Indus, commanded by John Charles Dalrymple Hay, flagship of Vice-Admiral Houston Stewart, North America and West Indies | |
| 20 April 1860 | 28 June 1862 | Commander (2ic) in Bacchante, commanded by Donald McLeod Mackenzie, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas Maitland, Pacific | |
| 8 October 1865 | 25 January 1868 | Captain in Bristol (from commissioning at Chatham until paying off at Sheerness), flagship of Commodore Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby, west coast of Africa | |
| 21 January 1871 | 9 January 1872 | Captain in Royal Oak (until paying off at Portsmouth) | |
| 24 September 1872 | 24 September 1875 | Captain in Favorite, Coast Guard, Queensferry | |
| June 1880 | June 1881 | Secon in command, Channel squadron | |
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