Henry Wells Giffard R.N.
Henry Wells Giffard R.N.
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Henry Wells Giffard R.N. | Explanation |
Third son of Admiral John Giffard (1766-1855) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
June 1811 | | Born |
19 March 1846 | | Married Ella Amelia, forth daughter of Major-General Sir Benjamin C. Stevenson, G.C.H. |
1 June 1854 | | Died (of gangrene in captivity in Odessa) |
Literature: (Greenhill and Giffard). |
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Date | Rank |
1 June 1824 | Entered Navy |
4 March 1831 | Lieutenant |
22 February 1838 | Commander |
8 June 1841 | Captain |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
11 July 1831 | November 1832 | Lieutenant in Hyacinth, commanded by William Oldrey, West Indies |
14 May 1833 | | Lieutenant in Volage, commanded by George Bohun Martin, Mediterranean |
1 November 1835 | | Lieutenant in Volage, commanded by Peter Richards, Mediterranean |
26 September 1837 | 22 February 1838 | Lieutenant in Hyacinth, commanded by William Warren, East Indies |
10 May 1839 | 16 October 1841 | Commander in Cruizer, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) |
13 October 1846 | 26 March 1848 | Captain in Penelope (from commissioning), flagship of Commodore Charles Hotham, west coast of Africa |
3 August 1850 | 19 June 1852 | Captain in Dragon (from commissioning) (Portsmouth), Mediterranean |
19 June 1852 | 1 June 1854 | Captain in Tiger, Mediterranean and Crimea (until he died). On 12 May 1854 Tiger grounded in fog off Odessa, and Giffard was forced to surrender the ship after being taken under fire from the land. He was seriously injured and his leg was removed while still on the ship, but he died of gangrene in captivity on 1 June. |