George Greville Wellesley R.N.
George Greville Wellesley R.N.
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George Greville Wellesley R.N. | Explanation |
Third and youngest son of Gerald Valerian Wellesley DD (1770-1848), prebendary of Durham (the youngest brother of the duke of Wellington) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
2 August 1814 | | Born |
25 January 1853 | | Marrie Elizabeth Doughty (died 9 January 1906), youngest daughter of Robert Lukin |
February 1856 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) |
23 April 1880 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
21 June 1887 | | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) |
6 April 1901 | | Died (London) |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
1828 | Entered Navy |
22 April 1838 | Lieutenant |
16 April 1842 | Commander |
2 December 1844 | Captain |
3 April 1863 | Rear-Admiral |
26 July 1869 | Vice-Admiral |
11 December 1875 | Admiral |
2 August 1879 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
21 January 1839 | | Additional Lieutenant in Princess Charlotte, commanded by Arthur Fanshawe, flagship of Admiral Robert Stopford, Mediterranean |
30 March 1839 | | Lieutenant in Castor, commanded by Edward Collier, Mediterranean |
17 November 1841 | | Lieutenant in Thalia, commanded by Charles Hope, East Indies |
16 April 1842 | 11 July 1844 | Commander in Childers (until paying off at Portsmouth), East Indies |
27 July 1849 | | Captain in Daedalus, Pacific |
9 February 1855 | 13 August 1856 | Captain in Cornwallis (from commissioning at Plymouth until paying off at Plymouth), the Baltic during the Russian War, then North America and West Indies |
1857 | 1862 | Commander of the Indian Navy (until it was abolished) |
June 1865 | 1869 | Admiral superintendent at Portsmouth |
30 June 1869 | 13 September 1870 | Commander-in-chief, North America and West Indies (flag in Royal Alfred) |
25 October 1870 | 2 September 1871 | Commander-in-chief, Channel squadron (being relieved after a court martial on the grounding of the Agincourt off Gibraltar in July) |
9 September 1873 | 22 December 1875 | Commander-in-chief, North America and West Indies (flag in Bellerophon) |
6 November 1877 | 12 August 1879 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (1st Naval Lord) |
1888 | | Commissioner of the Patriotic Fund |