Henry Craven St John R.N.
Henry Craven St John R.N.

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Henry Craven St John R.N.Explanation
Son of Charles William George St John (1809-1856)
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
5 January 1837 Born (Millmount, Rossshire, Scotland)
8 May 1860 Married Catherine Dora (1838-1914), daughter of John Stratford Rodney (1802-1854)
1880 Wrote 'Notes and sketches from the wild coasts of Nipon: with chapters on cruising after pirates in Chinese watersExternal link'
18871889Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria
21 May 1909 Died (Thornbury, Gloucestershire)
Obituary in the Times newspaper
 
DateRank
5 January 1857Mate
10 August 1857Lieutenant
12 April 1866Commander
18 September 1873Captain
13 August 1889Rear-Admiral
19 January 1896Vice-Admiral
15 June 1901Admiral
16 June 1901Retired Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
5 January 185724 September 1857Mate in Nankin, commanded by Captain Hon. Keith Stewart, East Indies
2 June 18584 February 1862Lieutenant in Terrible, commanded by Captain Frederick Henry Hastings Glasse, Mediterranean
23 August 186220 June 1864Lieutenant in Argus, commanded by Commander Lewis James Moore, East Indies and China (including the bombardment of Kagoshima ('Anglo-Satsuma War')
21 June 186425 August 1866Lieutenant and commander in Opossum, Hong Kong, tender to Princess Charlotte, receiving ship
12 March 186723 August 1867Commander in Hydra, surveying, China station
7 October 18699 April 1873Commander in Sylvia (until paying off at Sheerness), surveying, China station
15 November 187331 January 1877Captain in Sylvia (until paying off at Hong Kong), surveying, China station
5 September 188218 December 1882Captain in Audacious, to relieve Iron Duke as flagship on the China station
19 December 188215 March 1883Captain in Iron Duke, returning from the China station
15 April 188426 August 1885Captain in Repulse, Coast Guard, Hull (including Summer cruises 14 June - 6 August 1884 and 5 June - 26 July 1885)
28 August 188530 November 1886Captain in Iron Duke, Channel Squadron
15 December 188615 October 1889Senior officer, Gibraltar, carried on the books of Grappler (Banterer-class gunboatExternal link) then (9 April 1889) Goshawk
1 January 189226 June 1893Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown, (including Summer cruise 21 July - 21 August 1892), flag in Triumph
27 June 189331 October 1893Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown, flag in AlbacoreExternal link
1 November 189314 January 1895Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown, flag in WarspiteExternal link

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