William Bowles R.N.
William Bowles R.N.

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William Bowles R.N.Explanation
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
1780 Born.
9 August 1820 Married the Hon. Frances Temple (died 1838) , sister of (the later Prime Minister) Viscount Palmerston
12 April 1839 C.B. (Companion of the Bath)
20 May 1844July 1852M.P. (Conservative) for Launceston, Cornwall
10 November 1862 K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath)
2 July 1869 Died
Obituary in the Times newspaper
 
DateRank
9 September 1796Entered Navy
30 August 1803Lieutenant
22 January 1806Commander
13 October 1807Captain
23 November 1841Rear-Admiral
8 March 1852Vice-Admiral
28 November 1857Admiral
15 January 1869Admiral of the Fleet
 
Date fromDate toService
16 April 182213 July 1822Captain in William and Mary, yacht
8 July 182223 November 1841Comptroller-General of the Coast Guard
29 May 184321 May 1844Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown (modern day Cork), Ireland, flag in Malabar, then (24 June 1843) Tyne, then (16 July 1843) Warspite, then (12 August 1843) Orestes, then (29 August 1843) Volage
22 May 184412 July 1846Commissioner of the Admiralty (Third Naval Lord)
16 October 184424 November 1844Commander-in-chief, line-of-battle ships in 1844 experimental squadron (while remaining Commissioner of the Admiralty), flag in Caledonia
1 March 18591 March 1860Commander-in-chief, Portsmouth, flag in Victory

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