Lindesay Brine R.N.
Lindesay Brine R.N.

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Lindesay Brine R.N.Explanation
Son of James Brine (1784-1859)
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
5 November 1834 Born (Eton, Buckinghamshire)
10 August 1871 Married Emily Edith (1852-1929), daughter of Rev. Augustus James Brine (1805-1879) who had changed his surname to Knapton in 1860
2 February 1906 Died (Torquay, Devon)
Obituary in the Times newspaper
 
DateRank
27 November 1854Lieutenant
24 June 1862Commander
16 October 1868Captain
1 January 1886Rear-Admiral
28 December 1891Vice-Admiral
5 November 1894Retired Vice-Admiral
23 August 1897Retired Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
14 November 18539 November 1854Mate in Leander, commanded by Captain George St Vincent King, Portsmouth, then the Mediterranean and Black Sea during the Russian War
26 May 185523 August 1856Lieutenant in Retribution, commanded by Captain Thomas Fisher, the Baltic during the Russian War, then troop transport from the Black Sea
22 April 185710 May 1860Lieutenant in Assistance, commanded by Commander William Andrew James Heath, East Indies and China
11 May 18609 December 1860Lieutenant and commander in Opossum, East Indies and China
10 December 18604 July 1861Additional Lieutenant in Chesapeake, commanded by Captain George Ommaney Willes then Captain Rochfort Maguire, East Indies and China, for service in Waterman (I have not been able to identify this tender)
27 May 186517 June 1868Commander in Racer (until paying off at Woolwich), Mediterranean
13 November 187312 April 1876Captain in Briton (until paying off at Plymouth), East Indes
1 August 187613 January 1877Captain in Wolverene (from commissioning at Sheerness), bringing the ship out to Australia (to become commodores' flagship)
14 January 18775 June 1877Captain in Pearl (until paying off at Portsmouth), bringing the ship back from Australia
25 March 187827 November 1879Captain in Invincible, Channel squadron
28 November 187927 March 1881Captain in Lord Warden, Coast Guard, Queensferry
17 January 188316 May 1883Additional Captain in Hercules, commanded by Captain Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage, Coast Guard, Portland, for service in the Naval Reserve Office
15 June 188326 July 1883Additional Captain in Hercules, commanded by Captain Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage, Coast Guard, Portland, for service in the Naval Reserve Office
16 June 188426 July 1884Additional Captian in Hercules, commanded by Captain Robert O'Brien Fitzroy, Coast Guard, Portland, for service in the Naval Reserve Office
1 April 188521 March 1886Additional Captain in President, commanded by Commander Stuart Hamilton Rickman, Drill Ship for Royal Naval Reserve, West India Docks, for service in the Naval Reserve Office

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