John Smith Keats R.N.
John Smith Keats R.N.

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John Smith Keats R.N.Explanation
Son of John Smith Kears R.A. (1798-1870)
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
4 December 1834 Born (Wiveliscombe, Somerset)
4 December 1866 Married Francis (1836-1898), daughter of Rev. William Sweet Escott (1806-1884)
15 May 1891 Died (Reading, Berkshire)
 
DateRank
31 October 1855Lieutenant
11 April 1866Commander
7 December 1881Retired Captain
 
Date fromDate toService
5 December 185329 November 1855Mate in Barracouta, commanded by Commander George Parker then Commander Frederick Henry Stirling then Commander Thomas Dyce Acland Fortescue, East Indies
30 November 185510 April 1856Lieutenant in Barracouta, commanded by Commander Thomas Dyce Acland Fortescue, East Indies (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War)
3 June 185621 November 1857Lieutenant in Brilliant, commanded by Captain James Aylmer Dorset Paynter, North America and West Indies (however, according to period Navy Lists, Brilliant was outof commission at Sheernex until 30 May 1856)
25 November 185822 July 1859Lieutenant in Arrogant, commanded by Leopold George Heath, Coast guard service, Southampton water
23 July 18598 March 1861Lieutenant and commander in Fly, the Humber, tender to Cornwallis
(June 1861)8 March 1863Lieutenant in Cornwallis, the Humber, for service in a tender
15 May 186313 November 1864Lieutenant and commander in Staunch, China
16 April 187013 November 1870Coastguard, Fowey
14 November 187025 September 1873Commander in Lynx (until paying off at Devonport), East Indies
26 September 187426 September 1874Additional Commander in Royal Adelaide, commanded by Captain Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage, Devonport, flag-ship of the Port Admiral, for a court-martial (presumably as member of the court)
23 November 187413 November 1880Coast Guard (Skibbereen, Co. Cork then Bognor, Sussex)

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