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| Nowell Salmon R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Rev. H. Salmon, rector of Swarraton, Hampshire | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 20 February 1835 | Born (Swarraton, Hampshire) | ||
| 16 November 1857 | While serving with Shannon's Naval Brigade at Lucknow, he volunteered to climb a tree near the wall of the Shah Nujeff mosque in order to spot the enemy's position and then to dislodge the mutineers who were throwing grenades and firing on the gun crews below. He, and two others succeeded in performing this dangerous service, but Lieutenant Salmon was wounded in the thigh and one of the other volunteers was killed; Salmon and the other surviving volunteer (Leading Seaman John Harrison) received the Victoria Cross for this service. | ||
| 11 January 1866 | Married Emily Augusta (1847-1915), daughter of Erasmus Saunders (1812-1872) | ||
| 21 June 1887 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) | ||
| 22 June 1897 | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) | ||
| August 1897 | First and Principal Naval Aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria | ||
| 14 February 1912 | Died (Southsea, Hampshire) | ||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| May 1847 | Entered Navy | ||
| 1 March 1854 | Mate | ||
| 5 January 1856 | Lieutenant | ||
| 23 March 1858 | Commander | ||
| 12 December 1863 | Captain | ||
| 2 August 1879 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 1 July 1885 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 10 September 1891 | Admiral | ||
| 13 January 1899 | Admiral of the Fleet | ||
| 1 February 1905 | Retired Admiral of the Fleet | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 1 March 1854 | 4 January 1856 | Mate in James Watt, commanded by Captain George Elliot, the Baltic during the Russian War | |
| 6 March 1856 | 15 September 1856 | Lieutenant and commander in Ant | |
| 16 September 1856 | 4 November 1858 | Lieutenant in Shannon, commanded by William Peel, East Indies (including the naval brigade during the India Mutiny) | |
| 19 November 1859 | 27 January 1864 | Commander in Icarus (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off), West Indies, then (April 1861) Channel squadron, then (February 1862) Mediterranean | |
| 25 March 1869 | 2 August 1872 | Captain in Defence, West Indies, then Mediterranean | |
| 2 May 1874 | 23 April 1877 | Captain in Valiant, Coast Guard, River Shannon | |
| 6 December 1877 | 4 October 1878 | Captain in Swiftsure (until paying off at Plymouth), Mediterranean | |
| 10 January 1882 | 4 July 1885 | Commander-in-chief, Cape of Good Hope and west coast of Africa, flag in Thalia then (11 April 1882) Boadicea | |
| 17 December 1887 | 2 March 1891 | Commander-in-chief, China, flag generally in Impérieuse or Alacrity | |
| 22 June 1894 | 3 August 1897 | Commander-in-chief, Portsmouth, flag in Victory | |
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