Arthur Thomas Brooke R.N.
Arthur Thomas Brooke R.N.
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| Arthur Thomas Brooke R.N. | Explanation |
| Son of George Augustus Frederick Brooke (1804-1874) |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 6 June 1838 | | Born (Colebrooke, Fermanagh, Ireland) |
| 2 September 1880 | | Married, firstly, Alice Marianne (1854-1882), daughter of Clement Robert Archer (1809-1882) |
| 17 March 1892 | | Married, secondly, Rosalie Blanche (1859-1940), daughter of James Vaughan (1814-????) |
| 5 April 1893 | | Died (Royal Naval Barracks, Keyham, Devon, England) |
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| Date | Rank |
| 15 October 1858 | Mate |
| 26 November 1859 | Lieutenant |
| 16 August 1869 | Commander |
| 14 August 1878 | Captain |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 15 July 1852 | 19 May 1853 | Naval cadet in Dauntless, commanded by Captain Edward Pellew Halsted, North America and West Indies |
| 20 May 1853 | 14 July 1854 | Naval cadet in Sybille, commanded by Captain Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, East Indies |
| 15 July 1854 | 10 December 1857 | Midshipman in Sybille, commanded by Captain Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, East Indies (including the Second Anglo-Chinese War) |
| 11 December 1857 | 13 May 1858 | Acting Mate in Sybille, commanded by Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, East Indies |
| 14 May 1858 | 14 October 1858 | Midshipman in Caesar, commanded by Captain Charles Frederick, Channel squadron, then (June 1858) central America |
| 15 October 1858 | 17 November 1859 | Mate in Caesar, commanded by Captain Charles Frederick then Captain Thomas Henry Mason, Channel squadron, then (June 1858) central America, then (October 1859) Mediterranean (ship's log) |
| 18 November 1859 | 12 December 1859 | Mate in St Jean d'Acre, commanded by Captain Thomas Pickering Thompson, Mediterranean |
| 13 December 1859 | 23 January 1862 | Lieutenant in Lapwing, commanded by Commander Montagu Frederic O'Reilly, Mediterranean |
| 21 March 1862 | 22 July 1863 | Lieutenant in Mullett, commanded by Commander Cortland Herbert Simpson, west coast of Africa |
| 26 July 1864 | 31 October 1864 | Lieutenant in Duke of Wellington, commanded by Captain John Seccombe Portsmouth, training ship for seamen |
| 1 November 1864 | 18 May 1866 | Lieutenant in Racoon, commanded by Captain Prince Victor F F E G A C F Hohenlohe-Langenberg, the Mediterranean, then (March 1866) Queenstown |
| 19 May 1866 | 15 June 1866 | Lieutenant in Black Prince, commanded by Captain John Corbett, flagship at Queenstown (lent from Racoon) |
| 16 June 1866 | 1 September 1866 | Lieutenant and commander in Whiting , Queenstown (lent from Racoon) |
| 22 November 1866 | 19 September 1869 | Lieutenant in Zealous, commanded by Captain Richard Dawkins, flagship of Rear-Admiral George Fowler Hastings, Pacific, flag-lieutenant |
| 20 September 1869 | 14 November 1869 | Commander in Ringdove, south east coast of America (and until 12 December on passage) |
| 26 September 1871 | 16 October 1873 | Commander (2ic) in Vanguard, commanded by Captain Richard Ashmore Powell then Captain David Spain, Coast Guard, Kingstown, Ireland |
| 18 December 1873 | 11 January 1876 | Commander in Vulture, East Indies |
| 27 March 1876 | 3 June 1876 | Commander in Trincomalee, Royal Naval Reserve drill ship, West Hartlepool |
| 4 June 1876 | 2 September 1878 | Commander in St Vincent, training ship for boys, Portsmouth |
| 8 February 1882 | 27 November 1882 | Captain in Assistance |
| 28 November 1882 | 6 December 1882 | Additional Captain in Royal Adelaide, commanded by Captain William Burley Grant, Devonport, flag-ship of the Port Admiral, for service in Himalaya |
| 7 December 1882 | 26 December 1882 | Captain in Himalaya |
| 13 March 1883 | 26 October 1886 | Captain in Opal, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa |
| 4 November 1886 | 9 March 1887 | Captain in Thalia (until paying off), returning the old crew of Opal from Australia |
| 1 June 1888 | 31 August 1890 | Captain in Invincible, Coast Guard, Southampton (including summer cruises 2 July - 21 August 1888, 16 July -30 August 1889 and 22 July -21 August 1890) |
| 1 September 1890 | 5 April 1893 | Captain in Vivid, flagship of Admiral Duke of Edinburgh, Devonport |