John Hobhouse Inglis Alexander R.N.
John Hobhouse Inglis Alexander R.N.

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John Hobhouse Inglis Alexander R.N.Explanation
Son of Boyd Alexander (1796-1861)
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
July 1832 Born (Brighton, Sussex)
23 January 1860 Married Isabella Barbara (died 1883), daughter of Thomas Cochrane Hume
22 November 1875 Died (Menton, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
 
DateRank
12 February 1852Mate
11 January 1854Lieutenant
11 April 1860Commander
16 August 1863Captain
 
Date fromDate toService
12 February 185210 March 1852Mate in Arethusa, commanded by Captain Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds, Mediterranean
11 March 185223 September 1853Mate in Bellerophon, commanded by Captain George Paulet, Mediterranean
24 September 185310 January 1854Acting Lieutenant in Furious, commanded by Captain William Loring, Mediterranean, and (1854) the the Black Sea during the Russian War
11 January 18543 November 1855Lieutenant in Furious, commanded by Captain William Loring, Mediterranean, and (1854) the the Black Sea during the Russian War
4 November 185520 November 1856Lieutenant in Hannibal, commanded by Captain John Charles Dalrymple Hay, flagship of Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, Black Sea during the Russian War, then Mediterranean
27 November 185629 January 1857Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Thomas Maitland, gunnery ship, Portsmouth
30 January 18579 April 1860Lieutenant in Indus, commanded by Captain William King Hall, North America and West Indies, Flag Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral Houston Stewart.
4 April 186215 August 1863Commander in Coquette, China (including the bombardment of Kagoshima ('Anglo-Satsuma War')
16 August 186313 December 1864Captain in Euryalus, East Indies and China (including the bombardment of Simonoseki, at which Alexander was seriously wounded)
18 August 186812 March 1869Captain in Forte (from commissioning at Sheerness), flagship of Commodore Leopold George Heath, East Indies
(13 March 1869)21 July 1869Captain in Octavia (until paying off at Portsmouth), returning from the East Indies
6 April 187130 September 1873Captain in Northumberland, Channel squadron
17 May 187426 April 1875Captain in Hector, Ship of First Reserve, Coast Guard, Southampton Water (until superseded at his own request. owing to ill-health)

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