Horatio Thomas Austin R.N.
Horatio Thomas Austin R.N.

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Horatio Thomas Austin R.N.Explanation
Son of Michael Austin (1773-1844)
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
10 March 1800 Born (Brompton, Kent)
8 November 1831 Married Anne Elizabeth (1803-1876), daughter of Thomas Hawkins (-1788) and widow of John Samuel Rawlinson (1794-1826)
18 December 1840 Companion of the Order of the Bath (C.B.)
28 March 1865 Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)
16 November 1865 Died (London)
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'
Obituary in the Times newspaper
 
DateRank
8 April 1813Entered Navy
9 September 1822Lieutenant
26 May 1831Commander
28 June 1838Captain
28 November 1857Rear-Admiral
20 October 1864Vice-Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
27 May 182313 February 1824Lieutenant in Creole (fifth rate, 1813)
24 April 182424 October 1825Lieutenant in FuryExternal link, British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition, led by William Edward Parry
12 December 18274 February 1831Lieutenant in ChanticleerExternal link, commanded by Henry Foster, surveying vessel, West Indies
5 February 18319 June 1831Acting Commander in ChanticleerExternal link, surveying vessel, West Indies
27 November 183214 February 1834Commander in Salamander, Portugal
15 February 18347 October 1837Commander in Medea, Mediterranean
19 November 183916 May 1843Captain in Cyclops (until paying off at Woolwich), Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840)
27 May 184329 September 1843Captain in Cyclops (from commissioning at Woolwich until paying off), particular service (Ireland and the 'royal squadron' accompanying 'Her Majesty's Marine Excursion' in Victoria and Albert to Le Tr?port, France and Ostende, Belgium)
14 October 184331 December 1843Acting Captain in Tartarus
19 September 184525 October 1847Supernumerary Captain in William and Mary, Woolwich
25 January 184813 February 1850Captain in Blenheim, guard ship, Portsmouth
28 February 18504 October 1851Captain in Resolute, in command of squadron (together with Assistance, Erasmus Ommanney, and two steam tenders) in search of Sir John Franklin
15 March 185217 October 1854Additional Captain in Victory, commanded by Henry Byam Martin, for Packet service, Southampton
18 October 18543 December 1857Captain superintendant of Deptford dockyard
6 April 186329 December 1864Admiral superintendent of Malta dockyard, flag in Hibernia

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