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| Henry Hamilton Beamish R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Third son of Rev Henry Hamilton Beamish (1795-1872), later of Dayrell, Buckinghamshire, England | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 16 April 1829 | Born (Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland) | ||
| 5 April 1864 | Married firstly Louisa Mary Anne (widow, died 25 May 1865), daughter of John Slater Harrison | ||
| October 1867 | Married secondly Blanche Georgina, daughter of William John Marjoribanks Otway | ||
| June 1877 | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) | ||
| 19 July 1901 | Died (Breasted, Kent) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| April 1845 | Entered Navy | ||
| 16 May 1851 | Mate | ||
| 25 October 1853 | Lieutenant | ||
| 26 February 1858 | Commander | ||
| 16 February 1864 | Captain | ||
| 9 January 1880 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 16 May 1851 | 8 September 1851 | Mate in Serpent, commanded by Commander William Garnham Luard, East Indies | |
| 9 September 1851 | 9 May 1852 | Mate in Fox, commanded by Commodore George Robert Lambert, East Indies | |
| 10 May 1852 | 5 May 1853 | Mate in Hastings, commanded by Captain Francis William Austen, East Indies | |
| 7 July 1853 | 21 October 1853 | Mate in Excellent, commanded by Captain Henry Ducie Chads, gunnery ship, Portsmouth | |
| 30 December 1853 | 23 December 1854 | Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Henry Ducie Chads, gunnery ship | |
| 12 December 1854 | 5 March 1856 | Lieutenant in Exmouth, commanded by Captain Frederick Thomas Pelham, Devonport | |
| 24 December 1854 | 20 March 1856 | Gunnery Lieutenant in Exmouth, commanded by Captain William King Hall, flagship of Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour, Mediterranean and the Baltic during the Russian War | |
| 21 March 1856 | 29 July 1858 | Lieutenant in Calcutta, commanded by Captain William King Hall, East Indies (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | |
| 15 May 1860 | 21 September 1863 | Commander in Wrangler, west coast of Africa | |
| 3 March 1870 | 31 August 1871 | Captain in Agincourt, commanded by William King Hall, flagship of Rear-Admiral Henry Chads on the Channel squadron station , until he was superseded for allowing Agincourt to take the ground on the Pearl Rock, near Gibraltar, on 1 July 1871 | |
| 5 August 1875 | 5 February 1879 | Captain in Pallas, Mediterranean | |
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