Edward Henry Howard R.N.
Edward Henry Howard R.N.

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Edward Henry Howard R.N.Explanation
Son of Rev. Henry Edward John Howard (1795-1868)
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
7 June 1832 Born (Sutton On The Forest, Yorkshire)
28 April 1874 Married Sophia Caroline Lucille (1845-1929), daughter of Francis Robertson Lynch (1824-1876)
18 January 1890 Died (Lewisham, Kent)
Obituary in the Times newspaper
 
DateRank
26 June 1851Mate
7 January 1853Lieutenant
7 May 1857Commander
16 February 1864Captain
27 November 1879Rear-Admiral
26 November 1885Vice-Admiral
29 November 1889Retired Vice-Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
26 June 185112 July 1851Mate in Queen, commanded by Captain Charles Wise, Mediterranean
13 July 18516 January 1853Mate in Excellent, commanded by Captain Henry Ducie Chads, gunnery ship, Portsmouth
5 April 185325 October 1853Lieutenant in London, commanded by Captain Charles Eden, Spithead
26 October 18534 April 1855Lieutenant in President, Pacific, including the attack by the Anglo-French squadron on Petropaulovski on 4 September 1854 during the Russian war, in which he was severely injured (flag lieutenant).
29 April 185512 June 1855Lieutenant in Russell, commanded by Captain Francis Scott, Portsmouth
13 June 185522 June 1855Additional Lieutenant in Victory, commanded by Captain George Thomas Gordon, Portsmouth
23 June 18559 June 1856Lieutenant in Duke of Wellington, commanded by Captain Henry Caldwell, flagship of Rear-Admiral Richard Saunders Dundas, Baltic (additional lieutenant)
10 June 18566 May 1857Lieutenant in Impregnable, commanded by Captain Charles Wise, flagship of Admiral Sir William Parker, flagship, Devonport (flag lieutenant)
8 June 18602 November 1861Commander in Mohawk, Mediterraean
4 July 186213 July 1864Commander in Rattler (from commissioning at Sheerness), China
3 January 18702 July 1873Captain in Racoon (from commissioning at Bermuda until paying off at Plymouth), North America and West Indies
8 December 18745 March 1877Naval Attachë to the Maritime Courts of Europe
6 March 18776 April 1877Additional Captain in Excellent, commanded by Captain Frederick Anstruther Herbert, gunnery ship, Portsmouth, for a course of Gunnery Instruction
7 April 18778 May 1878Captain in Black Prince, flagship of Rear-Admiral William Montagu Dowell, Channel Squadron
9 May 187814 June 1878Captain in Sultan
15 June 18789 July 1878Captain in Vesuvius, tender to Vernon, torpedo school, Portsmouth
10 July 187820 August 1878Captain in Hecate for the Particular Service fleet during the Russian war scare
21 August 187828 November 1879Captain in Hercules, Coast Guard, Greenock (and 1879 temporarily with the Channel squadron)
1 April 188130 April 1884Vice-president of the Ordnance Committee

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