Robert Gordon Douglas R.N. | Explanation | ||
Son of John Douglas R.N. (1797-1884) | |||
Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
7 June 1829 | Born (Sholden, Kent) | ||
18 October 1866 | Married Julia Elizabeth Sarah (1842-1887), daughter of Thomas Sydenham Clarke (1814-1873) | ||
12 January 1910 | Died (Walmer, Kent) | ||
Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
Date | Rank | ||
3 May 1853 | Lieutenant | ||
3 July 1860 | Commander | ||
11 April 1866 | Captain | ||
8 January 1883 | Rear-Admiral | ||
15 December 1888 | Vice-Admiral | ||
7 June 1894 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
9 December 1894 | Retired Admiral | ||
Date from | Date to | Service | |
14 December 1849 | 8 December 1850 | Mate in Leander, commanded by Captain Sidney Colpoys Dacres, particular service (Squadron of Evolution) | |
9 December 1850 | 13 August 1851 | Mate in Victory, commanded by Captain Francis Price Blackwood, Portsmouth | |
14 August 1851 | 18 November 1851 | Mate in Centaur, commanded by Captain Edward St Leger Cannon, south-east coast of America | |
19 November 1851 | 19 February 1852 | Acting Lieutenant in Centaur, commanded by Captain Edward St Leger Cannon, south-east coast of America | |
20 February 1852 | 28 September 1853 | Mate in Centaur, commanded by Captain Edward St Leger Cannon, south-east coast of America | |
4 January 1854 | 30 January 1855 | Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Thomas Maitland, gunnery ship, Portsmouth | |
31 January 1855 | 21 December 1855 | Lieutenant in Orion, commanded by Captain John Elphinstone Erskine, the Baltic during the Russian War | |
22 December 1855 | 8 July 1857 | Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Thomas Maitland, gunnery ship, Portsmouth | |
9 July 1857 | 28 July 1859 | Lieutenant in Waterloo, commanded by Captain Henry Harvey, flagship of Vice-Admiral Edward Harvey, Sheerness | |
1 March 1859 | 31 October 1859 | Lieutenant in Queen Charlotte, commanded by Captain Henry Harvey, flagship of Vice-Admiral Edward Harvey, Sheerness | |
1 November 1859 | 2 July 1860 | Lieutenant in Monarch, commanded by Captain Henry Harvey, flagship of Vice-Admiral Edward Harvey, Sheerness | |
12 May 1862 | 15 July 1862 | Commander in Vesuvius, North America and West Indies | |
16 July 1862 | 23 August 1862 | Commander (2ic) in Hydra, commanded by Captain Richard Vesey Hamilton, North America and West Indies | |
6 December 1862 | 11 September 1866 | Commander in Shearwater (from commissioning at Plymouth), Pacific | |
25 August 1871 | 18 July 1873 | Captain in Cossack (until paying off at Sheerness), Australia | |
21 September 1874 | 1 June 1877 | Captain in Newcastle (from commissioning at Sheerness), 1875 Flying squadron | |
15 March 1878 | 6 January 1881 | Captain in Warrior, Coast Guard, Portland (and the Channel squadron and the Particular Service fleet during the Russian war scare: 14 April - 19 August 1878) | |
7 January 1881 | 30 April 1881 | Additional Captain in Penelope, commanded by Captain St George Caulfield D'Arcy-Irvine, Coast Guard, Harwich, for service at the Royal Naval Reserve office (assistant superintendent of Naval Reserves) | |
1 May 1881 | 16 January 1883 | Additional Captain in Hercules, commanded by Captain Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage, Coast Guard, Portland, for service at the Royal Naval Reserve office (assistant superintendent of Naval Reserves) | |
26 May 1887 | 19 February 1889 | Admiral superintendent of Malta Dockyard, flag in Hibernia |