Bouverie Francis Clark R.N.
Bouverie Francis Clark R.N.

► Royal Navy ► Personnel

Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
    
Bouverie Francis Clark R.N.Explanation
Son of William Clark R.N. (1797-)
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
19 March 1842 Born (Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Scotland)
2 January 1868 Married Maria Katherine (1843-1841), daughter of William Colburn Mayne (1808-1902)
20 November 1922 Died (London)
Obituary in the Times newspaper
 
DateRank
12 October 1854Naval cadet
23 March 1861Mate
17 April 1862Lieutenant
10 December 1875Commander
30 June 1884Captain
19 March 1897Retired Captain
22 June 1899Retired Rear-Admiral
10 February 1904Retired Vice-Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
12 October 185413 October 1856Naval cadet in Cossack, commanded by Captain Edward Gennys Fanshawe then Captain James Horsford Cockburn, the Baltic during the Russian War
14 October 185615 July 1857Midshipman in Cossack, commanded by Captain James Horsford Cockburn then Captain James Elphinstone Erskine, North America and West Indies (mainly Greytown, Nicaragua)
16 July 185724 October 1860Midshipman in Diadem, commanded by Captain William Moorsom then Captain James Horsford Cockburn, Channel squadron, then West Indies (until Moorsom was invalided)
25 October 186022 March 1861Midshipman in Ariel, commanded by Commander John Richard Alexander then Captain James Elphinstone Erskine, Cape of Good Hope
23 March 186116 April 1862Mate in Ariel, commanded by Commander John Richard Alexander then Commander Radulphus Bryce Oldfield, Cape of Good Hope
17 April 186230 October 1862Sub-Lieutenant in Ariel, commanded by Commander Radulphus Bryce Oldfield, Cape of Good Hope, East African slavery patrol
19 May 186317 October 1867Lieutenant in Esk, commanded by Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton then Captain John Proctor Luce, New Zealand (until Hamilton was killed)
22 April 186821 May 1870Lieutenant in Hibernia, commanded by Commander William Luke Partridge, Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard
17 October 18702 July 1873Lieutenant in Racoon, commanded by Captain Edward Henry Howard, North America and West Indies
3 July 187313 August 1873Lieutenant in Royal Adelaide, commanded by Captain Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage, flagship of Admiral Henry Keppel, Devonport
5 November 187414 December 1875Lieutenant and commander in Orwell, Coast of Ireland
9 January 187816 January 1881Commander in Falcon, Mediterranean, then China
17 January 188130 January 1881Additional Commander in Himalaya, commanded by Captain Harry Woodfall Brent, on passage
16 August 188113 November 1884Commander in Sappho (from commissioning at Sheerness), Pacific
18 December 188517 April 1886Captain in Minotaur, flagship of Vice-Admiral William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, Channel Squadron
10 September 18861 April 1889Captain in Bellerophon, flagship of Vice-Admiral George Willes Watson, North America and West Indies
28 May 188916 June 1891Captain in AnsonExternal link, flagship of Rear-Admiral Loftus Francis Jones, second-in-command, Channel Squadron
1 April 189214 April 1893Captain in Superb, Ship of First Reserve, Coastguard service, Greenock (including summer manoeuvres)
15 April 189314 May 1896Captain in Vivid, flag-captain at Devonport
20 August 189631 October 1901Director of Transports

Top↑
Valid HTML 5.0