George Strong Nares R.N.
George Strong Nares R.N.

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George Strong Nares R.N.Explanation
Third son and sixth child of William Henry Nares R.N. (1789-1867)
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
24 April 1831 Born (Llansenseld, near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire)
22 June 1858 Married Mary Ann (1837-1905), eldest daughter of William Grant (1800-1867)
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)
Obituary in the Times newspaper
 
DateRank
1845Entered Navy
21 October 1854Lieutenant
24 November 1862Commander
10 December 1869Captain
24 April 1886Retired Captain
1 January 1887Retired Rear-Admiral
26 March 1892Retired Vice-Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
24 July 185118 December 1851Mate in Havannah, commanded by Captain John Elphinstone Erskine, Australia
19 December 185129 January 1852Mate in Impregnable, commanded by Captain Arthur Lowe, Devonport
16 February 185217 October 1854Mate in Resolute, commanded by Captain Horatio Thomas Austin, in command of squadron (together with Assistance, Erasmus Ommanney, and two steam tenders) in search of Sir John Franklin
15 November 185426 May 1855Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Henry Ducie Chads, gunnery ship, Portsmouth
27 May 18551 May 1856Lieutenant in Glatton, commanded by Captain Arthur Cumming, floating battery, which he took out to the Black Sea, but arrived too late to see action. He took her home again in time for the naval review on 23 April 1856
2 January 185626 February 1858Lieutenant in Conqueror, commanded by Hastings Reginald Yelverton, Mediterranean
27 February 185831 December 1858Lieutenant in Illustrious, commanded by Captain Robert Harris, training ship, Portsmouth
1 January 185911 December 1862Lieutenant in Britannia, commanded by Captain Robert Harris, cadet training ship, Portsmouth, then (February 1862) Portland
24 September 186318 July 1865Commander in Boscawen, training ship, Southampton Water
19 July 18653 January 1868Commander in Salamander, east coast of Australia
31 March 18689 December 1869Commander in Newport, hydrographical work in the Mediterranean
10 December 18698 June 1871Captain in Newport
20 July 187113 May 1872Captain in Shearwater (from commissioning at Sheerness), Mediterranean (surveying)
23 May 187215 November 1872Additional Captain in Pembroke, commanded by Captain George Willes Watson, Sheerness, for special service
16 November 18726 December 1874Captain in Challenger (from commissioning at Sheerness), Admiralty-Royal Society round-the-world oceanographic expedition
7 December 187414 April 1875Additional Captain in Duke of Wellington, commanded by Captain Hon. Henry Carr Glyn, flagship of the port admiral, Portsmouth, for the Artic Expedition
15 April 18755 December 1876Captain 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.
6 December 18765 March 1877Additional Captain in Duke of Wellington, commanded by Captain Walter Cecil Talbot, flagship of the port admiral, Portsmouth, completing Reports on Artic Expedition
27 October 187731 March 1878Additional Captain in Fisgard, commanded by Staff Commander William H. Sharp, Greenwich, completing Reports on Artic Expedition
1 April 187827 April 1878Additional Captain in President, commanded by Commander Hon. Edward Stanley Dawson, West India Docks, completing Reports on Artic Expedition
4 July 187819 August 1878Additional Captain in Duncan, commanded by Captain Thomas Bridgeman Lethbridge, Sheerness, for service in Alert
20 August 187816 May 1879Captain in Alert (from commissioning at Chatham), survey of the Strait of Magellan
11 March 18791986Employed in the harbour department of the Board of Trade
December 1896October 1910A conservator of the River Mersey

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