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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Richard Wells R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Hon. Frederick Octavius Wells | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 3 February 1833 | Born (Bhanjalpore, Bengal, India) | ||
| 1 July 1873 | Married Augusta Jane (1849-19266), daughter of henry Normal (1801-1867) | ||
| 20 May 1896 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) | ||
| 9 October 1896 | Died (London) | ||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| November 1847 | Entered Navy | ||
| 7 February 1854 | Mate | ||
| 3 February 1855 | Lieutenant | ||
| 12 December 1863 | Commander | ||
| 6 July 1866 | Captain | ||
| 30 October 1884 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 6 August 1890 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 11 March 1896 | Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 7 February 1854 | 2 February 1855 | Mate in Arrogant, commanded by Captain Hastings Reginald Henry, the Baltic during the Russian War | |
| 8 February 1855 | 20 April 1856 | Lieutenant in Pembroke, commanded by Captain George Henry Seymour, the Baltic during the Russian War, then North America and West Indies | |
| 25 May 1856 | 4 April 1857 | Lieutenant in Duke of Wellington, commanded by Henry Caldwell, flagship of Rear-Admiral Richard Saunders Dundas, Mediterranean | |
| 1 May 1857 | 14 September 1860 | Lieutenant in Boscawen, commanded by Captain Richard Ashmore Powell, Cape of Good Hope | |
| 16 November 1860 | 12 February 1864 | Lieutenant in Immortalité, commanded by George Hancock, Mediterranean | |
| 9 January 1865 | 30 August 1866 | Commander (2ic) in Narcissus, commanded by Captain Colin Andrew Campbell, flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, south east coast of America | |
| 2 July 1869 | 31 August 1869 | Captain in Revenge, to take Vice-Admiral George Greville Wellesley, Commander-in-chief, North America and West Indies, and a replacement crew for his flagship, Royal Alfred, to his station | |
| 1 September 1869 | 7 October 1870 | Captain in Royal Alfred, flagship of Vice-Admiral George Greville Wellesley, North America and West Indies | |
| 8 October 1870 | 7 September 1871 | Captain in Minotaur, flagship of Vice-Admiral George Greville Wellesley, Commander-in-Chief of the Channel squadron | |
| 14 October 1873 | 17 March 1876 | Captain in Bellerophon (from commissioning at Portsmouth), flagship of Rear-Admiral George Greville Wellesley, North America and West Indies | |
| 10 July 1877 | 8 January 1879 | Captain in Agincourt, flagship of John Edmund Commerell on the Mediterranean station | |
| 9 January 1879 | 30 August 1880 | Asia, Captain of the Steam reserve, Portsmouth | |
| (31 August 1880) | 20 September 1883 | Captain in Britannia, training ship for Naval cadets, Dartmouth | |
| 29 March 1888 | 28 October 1890 | Commander-in-chief, Cape of Good Hope and west coast of Africa, flag in Raleigh | |
| 10 December 1894 | 10 June 1896 | Commander-in-chief, the Nore, flag in Wildfire | |
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