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| Charles Compton Rising R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Robert Rising (1801-1885) | |||
| A page on an excellent local history site describing his (extra)marital relations: Charles Compton Rising (1841-1913) of Horsey | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 4 November 1841 | Born (Horsey, Norfolk) | ||
| 7 November 1874 | Married Catherine Ursula (1847-1890), daughter of Edward Horner Reynard (1810-1883) of Sunderlandwick, Yorkshire | ||
| 1892 | Formed a relation with Ellen Seymour (1859-1925), the wife of an agricultural labourer, Jonathan Gedge, working for Rising. Gedge's petition voor divorce on the grounds of adultery was dismissed in 1892 | ||
| 15 January 1913 | Died (Ipswich, Suffolk) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 25 January 1856 | Entered Navy | ||
| 23 January 1861 | Sub-Lieutenant | ||
| 8 April 1863 | Lieutenant | ||
| 26 November 1865 | Commander | ||
| 10 December 1875 | Captain | ||
| 18 February 1888 | Retired Captain | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 25 January 1856 | 23 January 1858 | Naval cadet in Tribune, commanded by Captain Harry Edmond Edgell, Pacific (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | |
| 24 January 1858 | 9 August 1860 | Midshipman in Tribune, commanded by Captain Harry Edmond Edgell then Captain Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby, Pacific (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | |
| 10 August 1860 | 22 January 1861 | Mate in Diadem, commanded by Captain James Horsford Cockburn, n North America and West Indies | |
| 23 January 1861 | 24 October 1861 | Sub-Lieutenant in Diadem, commanded by Captain James Horsford Cockburn, North America and West Indies | |
| 25 October 1861 | 18 September 1863 | Sub-Lieutenant in Desperate, commanded by Commander John Francis Ross then Commander Arthur Thomas Thrupp, North America and West Indies | |
| 27 November 1863 | 23 January 1866 | Lieutenant in Wasp, commanded by Commander Charles Stirling, Cape of Good Hope | |
| 5 May 1867 | 17 February 1869 | Coast Guard, Bridlington | |
| 18 February 1869 | 9 November 1872 | Commander in Midge, China | |
| 10 November 1872 | 28 April 1873 | Commander in Adventure | |
| 18 September 1874 | 5 February 1876 | Coast Guard, Arklow | |
| 1 January 1880 | 18 February 1881 | Captain in Eclipse (from commissioning at Sheerness), East Indies | |
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