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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Alfred Arthur Chase Parr R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Indian Army General Thomas Chase Parr (1802-1883) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 14 June 1849 | Born (Bromley, Kent) | ||
| 18 January 1888 | Married Alice (1857-1934), daughter of John Scott (1812-) | ||
| 26 February 1914 | Died (Folkstone, Kent) | ||
| Cape Parr, a large snow-covered cape along the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf, was discovered by the BrNAE (1901-04) under Scott, who named it for Parr, who was one of Scott's advisors | |||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| June 1863 | Entered Navy | ||
| 15 June 1870 | Lieutenant | ||
| 3 November 1876 | Commander | ||
| 21 June 1887 | Captain | ||
| 24 May 1901 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 5 July 1905 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 8 March 1906 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 26 January 1871 | 31 March 1872 | Lieutenant in Hercules, commanded by Viscount Gilford, Channel squadron | |
| 1 April 1872 | 9 June 1874 | Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Henry Boys, gunnery ship, Portsmouth | |
| 10 June 1874 | 2 February 1875 | Lieutenant in Monarch, commanded by Captain Arthur William Acland Hood, Channel squardon | |
| 3 February 1875 | 14 April 1875 | Extra leutenant in Duke of Wellington, commanded by Captain Hon. Henry Carr Glyn then Captain Francis William Sullivan, flagship of the port admiral, Portsmouth, for service in the Artic expedition | |
| 15 April 1875 | 5 December 1876 | Lieutenant in Alert, commanded by Captain George Strong Nares, leading the British Arctic expedition of 1875-6 (also included Discovery, Captain Henry F. Stephenson). Alert reached 82? N, and Commander A.H. Markham (second in command) took a sledge party to 83? 20' 26' N, the highest latitude reached by man up till that time. Nares finally had to abandon the expedition when scurvy broke out. | |
| 6 December 1876 | 16 January 1877 | Lieutenant in Duke of Wellington, commanded by Captain Hon. Walter Cecil Carpenter, flagship of the port admiral, Portsmouth | |
| 5 March 1877 | 22 February 1879 | Commander (2ic) in Audacious, commanded by Captain Francis Durrant, flagship of Vice-Admiral Charles Farrell Hillyar on the China station | |
| 9 May 1879 | 23 August 1880 | Commander (2ic) in Royal Adelaide, commanded by Captain Frederic Proby Doughty, Devonport, flag-ship of the Port Admiral | |
| 24 August 1880 | 16 November 1882 | Commander (2ic) in Inconstant, commanded by Captain Charles Cooper Penrose-Fitzgerald, flagship of Vice-Admiral Earl of Clanwilliam, Detached squadron | |
| (29 December 1882) | 7 June 1883 | Commander in Lively, untill lost off Stornoway (no lives lost, but Parr was found guilty of negligence at the subsequent Court martial)) | |
| 17 May 1884 | 11 May 1887 | Commander in Frolic (until paying off at Sheerness), West coast of Africa, then (December 1885) south-east coast of America, relieving Algerine | |
| 29 September 1888 | 30 June 1889 | Additional Commander in President, Drill ship for the Royal Naval Reserve, West India Docks, for study at the Royal Naval College | |
| 17 June 1890 | 14 February 1894 | Captain in Melpomene (from commissioning at Plymouth), south-east coast of America | |
| 26 November 1896 | 31 March 1899 | Captain in Prince George, Channel squadron | |
| 28 June 1899 | 23 June 1901 | Captain in Asia, guard ship of Reserve, flag ship of the Admiral Superintendant, Portsmouth | |
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