Bonham Ward Bax R.N.
Bonham Ward Bax R.N.
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Bonham Ward Bax R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Henry Bonham Bax (1798-1869) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
9 July 1837 | | Born (Kensington Green, London, England) |
15 March 1869 | | Married (at Totnes, Devon, England) Emily Harris, (c1842-1932), daughter of Thomas Williams Nesham (1806-1868) |
1875 | | Wrote 'The Eastern Seas; being a narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. 'Dwarf' in China, Japan and Formosa, with a description of the coast of Russian Tartary and Eastern Siberia, from the Corea ro the River Amur' |
15 July 1877 | | Died (of dysentery at Nagasaki, Japan) |
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Date | Rank |
2 March 1858 | Lieutenant |
14 September 1867 | Commander |
2 August 1875 | Captain |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
4 March 1859 | | Lieutenant in Orion, commanded by John James Bartholomew Edward Frere, Mediterranean |
21 December 1861 | | Lieutenant in Vigilant, commanded by John William Pike, Channel squadron |
10 June 1869 | | Commander (2ic) in Hector, commanded by Algernon Frederick Rous De Horsey, coast guard, Southampton |
18 July 1871 | December 1874 | Commander in Dwarf (from commissioning at Hong Kong), China |
27 November 1876 | 15 July 1877 | Captain in Sylvia (from commissioning at Hong Kong), surveying, China station (until Bax died of dysentery at Nagasaki, Japan) |