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| George Strong Nares R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Third son and sixth child of Commander William Henry Nares RN (1788/9-1867) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 24 April 1831 | Born (Llansenseld, Nr Abergavenny in Monmouthshire) | ||
| 22 June 1858 | Married Mary (d. 1905), eldest daughter of William Grant, banker of Portsmouth | ||
| 1860 | Wrote 'The Naval Cadet's Guide: or the Seaman's Companion' (retitled 'Seamanship' from the second edition, 1862) | ||
| 3 June 1875 | Fellow of the Royal Society | ||
| 9 December 1876 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath), Civil division | ||
| 1878 | Wrote 'A Voyage to the Polar Sea'. | ||
| 15 January 1915 | Died (Kingston upon Thames, Surrey) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 1845 | Entered Navy | ||
| 21 October 1854 | Lieutenant | ||
| 24 November 1862 | Commander | ||
| 10 December 1869 | Captain | ||
| 24 April 1886 | Retired Captain | ||
| 1 January 1887 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| 26 March 1892 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 1856 | 1858 | Lieutenant in Conqueror, commanded by Hastings Reginald Yelverton, Mediterranean | |
| 1858 | 1859 | Lieutenant in Illustrious, commanded by Robert Harris, trainng ship, Portsmouth | |
| 1 January 1859 | 1862 | Lieutenant in Britannia, commanded by Robert Harris, trainng ship, Portsmouth | |
| 1 September 1863 | 14 July 1865 | Commander in Boscawen, training ship, Southampton Water | |
| July 1865 | Commander in Salamander, east coast of Australia | ||
| 31 March 1868 | Commander in Newport, hydrographical work in the Mediterranean | ||
| 21 July 1871 | May 1872 | Captain in Shearwater (from commissioning at Sheerness), Mediterranean (surveying) | |
| 15 November 1872 | 11 December 1874 | Captain in Challenger (from commissioning at Sheerness), Admiralty-Royal Society round-the-world oceanographic expedition | |
| 15 April 1875 | 5 December 1876 | Captain in Alert (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), leading the British Arctic expedition of 1875-6 (also included Discovery, Captain Henry F. Stephenson). Alert reached 82° N, and Commander A.H. Markham (second in command) took a sledge party to 83° 20' 26" N, the highest latitude reached by man up till that time. Nares finally had to abandon the expedition when scurvy broke out; he was subsequently knighted and Markham promoted to Capt. | |
| 20 August 1878 | 11 March 1879 | Captain in Alert (from commissioning at Chatham), survey of the Strait of Magellan | |
| 11 March 1879 | 1986 | Employed in the harbour department of the Board of Trade | |
| December 1896 | October 1910 | A conservator of the River Mersey | |
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