William Allen R.N.
William Allen R.N.
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William Allen R.N. | Explanation |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
November 1792 | | Born (Pimlico, London) |
18 November 1841 | | Fellow of the Royal Society. |
1849 | | Travelled through (and later wrote on) Syria and Palestine. |
23 January 1864 | | Died |
He was an accomplished musician; some of his landscape paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1828 to 1847. |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
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Date | Rank |
2 October 1805 | Entered Navy |
2 March 1815 | Lieutenant |
20 June 1838 | Commander |
31 January 1842 | Captain |
12 April 1862 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
2 October 1805 | 1808 | 1st class Volunteer in Standard (1779, third rate), commanded by Captain Thomas Harvey, Mediterranean |
1809 | February 1810 | Midshipman in Majestic (1785, third rate), commanded by Captain Thomas Harvey, Baltic |
(1811) | | Midshipman in Leda (1809, fifth rate), commanded by George Sayer |
21 April 1815 | 14 September 1815 | Lieutenant in Hesper (1809, ship-sloop), commanded by William Everard |
1832 | | Volunteer in Richard Landers Niger expedition, in which Lander was killed. He returned to England one of only nine survivors of the 47 expedition members. |
12 November 1834 | 19 June 1836 | Lieutenant in William and Mary, commanded by Captain Sir Samuel Warren |
10 October 1840 | 30 January 1842 | Commander in Wilberforce, 1841 Niger expedition |