George Elliot R.N.
George Elliot R.N.

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George Elliot R.N.Explanation
Eldest son of Admiral Sir George Elliot (1784-1863)
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
25 September 1813 Born (Calcutta)
1 August 1842 Married Hersey Susan Sidney, only daughter of Lt-Col Wauchope
3 February 187416 February 1875M.P. (Conservative) for Chatham
2 June 1877 K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath)
1885 Published 'A Treatise on Future Naval Battles and how to Fight them'.
13 December 1901 Died (London)
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'
Obituary in the Times newspaper
 
DateRank
4 November 1827Entered Navy
12 November 1834Lieutenant
15 January 1838Commander
3 June 1840Captain
24 February 1858Rear-Admiral
12 September 1865Vice-Admiral
1 April 1870Admiral
26 September 1878Retired Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
12 November 183313 February 1834Mate in Madagascar
11 March 183414 December 1834Mate in Ocean, commanded by Captain Edward Barnard then Alexander Ellice, Sheerness
17 November 183417 March 1838Lieutenant in Actaeon, commanded by Captain Lord Edward Russell, South America
29 May 183829 June 1840Commander in Columbine, Cape of Good Hope & Coast of Africa
30 June 184020 May 1841Captain in Volage, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war)
27 June 184316 April 1846Captain in Eurydice, North America and West Indies
26 May 184614 October 1846Captain in Eurydice, Portsmouth
21 May 18487 December 1849Captain in Ocean, flagship, Sheerness
8 December 184925 January 1853Captain in Phaeton (from commissioning at Chatham until paying off at Sheerness), particular service
20 January 185410 May 1856Captain in James Watt (from commissioning at Plymouth), the Baltic during the Russian War
25 August 18594 July 1860Captain of the fleet to Sir Charles Fremantle, commanding the Channel squadron
25 February 186330 June 1865Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard, flag in Asia
1 March 18751 March 1878Commander-in-chief, Portsmouth, flag in Duke of Wellington

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