John Ommanney Hopkins R.N.
John Ommanney Hopkins R.N.

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John Ommanney Hopkins R.N.Explanation
Son of Rev. William Toovey Hopkins (1793-1869), rector of Nuffield, Oxfordshire
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
13 July 1834 Born (Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire)
15 April 1875 Married, firstly, Magdalen Sara (1854-1876), daughter of Metcalfe Larken (1812-1860)
16 December 1882 Married, secondly, Minna Winifred (1849-1916), daughter of Sidney Colpoys Dacres R.N.
25 May 1892 K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath)
30 July 1916 Died (Highcliffe, Dorset)
Obituary in the Times newspaper
 
DateRank
January 1848Entered Navy
1 September 1854Mate
23 October 1854Lieutenant
24 November 1862Commander
14 September 1867Captain
29 April 1888Rear-Admiral
4 January 1891Vice-Admiral
8 November 1896Admiral
13 July 1899Retired Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
4 September 185222 October 1852Mate in Britannia, Mediterranean
1 September 18543 September 1854mate in Sans Pareil, commanded by Captain Leopold George Heath, Mediterranean
23 October 185426 January 1856Lieutenant in London, Mediterranean
9 May 185620 April 1857Lieutenant in Nile, commanded by Captain George Rodney Mundy, North America and West Indies
22 November 18575 December 1859Lieutenant in Racoon, commanded by Captain James Aylmer Dorset Paynter, Channel squadron
6 December 185921 December 1860Lieutenant and commander in Boxer, Mediterranean, tender to Marlborough
22 December 18605 February 1861Acting Commander in Caesar, commanded by Captain Thomas Henry Mason, Channel squadron
6 February 186120 February 1861Additional Lieutenant in Marlborough, commanded by Captain William Houston Stewart, Mediterranean
21 February 186112 August 1861Lieutenant in Neptune, commanded by Captain Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby, Mediterranean
13 August 186110 December 1861Lieutenant in Marlborough, commanded by Captain William Houston Stewart, Mediterranean
11 December 186131 January 1863Lieutenant in Edgar, commanded by Captain George Pechell Mends then Captain Hon. Fitzgerald Algernon Charles Foley, second in command, Channel squadron then (December 1861) second in command, North America and West Indies then Mediterranean, Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Sydney Colpoys Dacres
21 December 186323 September 1867Commander (2ic) in Royal Oak, commanded by Frederick Archibald Campbell, Channel squadron
14 April 18692 December 1870Captain in Liverpool (from commissioning at Plymouth until paying off at Plymouth), flagship of Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby, 1869 Flying squadron
1 September 18717 June 1872Captain in Agincourt, Channel squadron, flagship op Rear-Admiral Frederick Archibald Campbell, second in command of the Channel squadron
9 October 187229 November 1873Captain in Narcissus, 1873 Flying squadron, flagship of Frederick Archibald Campbell; then Sir George Granville Randolph
2 November 18751 November 1878Captain in Royal Adelaide, flagship of Admiral Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds on the Devonport station
4 March 188021 June 1881Captain in Excellent, gunnery ship, Portsmouth
21 June 188131 December 1882Private secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty (Lord Northbrook)
1 January 18835 April 1883Captain in Duncan, Captain-superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard
6 April 18831 October 1886Director of Naval Ordnance
1 November 18865 August 1888Admiral-superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard, flag in Asia
30 July 188828 September 1891Commissioner of the Admiralty (Third Lord)
6 August 188831 January 1892Commissioner of the Admiralty (Junior Naval Lord)
1 February 18926 May 1895Commander-in-chief, North America and West Indies, flag in BlakeExternal link
10 November 189612 July 1899Commander-in-chief, Mediterranean, flag in RevengeExternal link, then (2 December 1896) RamilliesExternal link

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