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| Francis Marten R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Eldest son of George Sulivan Marten (1763-1826), of Marshals Wick, near St. Albans and his second wife, Charlotte Tucker | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 1814 | Born (Sandridge, Hertfordshire) | ||
| 13 September 1866 | Married Agnes Frances Mount (c1833-1906), widow of Henry Hughs Still (1829-1859) | ||
| 17 July 1891 | Died (Ayot Green, Hertfordshire) | ||
| Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 20 November 1844 | Lieutenant | ||
| 25 May 1854 | Commander | ||
| 30 January 1861 | Captain | ||
| 1 April 1870 | Retired Captain | ||
| 1 August 1877 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 18 December 1844 | Lieutenant in Persian, commanded by Henry Coryton, Devonport | ||
| 16 August 1845 | 6 February 1849 | Lieutenant in President, commanded by William Pearse Stanley, Cape of Good Hope | |
| 4 July 1849 | 25 September 1852 | Lieutenant in Growler, commanded by James Stoddart, Mediterranean | |
| 19 October 1852 | Lieutenant in Arrogant, commanded by Stephen Greville Fremantle, Portsmouth | ||
| October 1854 | Studying steam at the Naval College | ||
| 6 January 1855 | Commander (2ic) in Exmouth, commanded by Frederick Thomas Pelham, Devonport | ||
| 6 June 1855 | Commander in Vesuvius, tender to Royal Albert, in the Black Sea during the Russian War | ||
| 18 July 1857 | 16 May 1858 | Commander in Roebuck (from commissioning at Portsmouth), East Indies and China | |
| 17 May 1858 | 15 January 1859 | Acting Captain in Shannon (until paying off at Portsmouth), East Indies (including command of the naval brigade during the India Mutiny), after the death of Captain William Peel in Cawnpore | |
| 16 January 1859 | 18 May 1861 | Commander in Roebuck (until paying off at Portsmouth), East Indies and China | |
| 11 April 1864 | 30 January 1866 | Captain in Archer (until paying off at Woolwich), west coast of Africa | |
| 16 April 1868 | 15 June 1868 | Additional captain in Indus, commanded by Captain George Ommaney Willes, guard ship of reserve, and flagship of the Admiral Superintendent, Devonport dockyard, for service in Penelope | |
| 17 June 1868 | 4 June 1869 | Captain in Penelope (from commissioning at Plymouth), flagship of Sidney Colpoys Dacres, Channel squadron (and from July 1868, flagship of Rear-Admiral Alfred Phillipps Ryder, second in command, Channel squadron) | |
| 5 June 1869 | 1 April 1870 | Captain in Bellerophon, Mediterranean | |
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