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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| John Washington R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 1800 | Born | ||
| 3 September 1833 | Married Elenora, youngest daughter of Rev. H Askew, Rector of Greystoke, Cumberland | ||
| 1 February 1845 | Fellow of the Royal Society | ||
| 16 September 1863 | Died (Le Havre) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 15 May 1812 | Entered Navy | ||
| 1 January 1821 | Lieutenant | ||
| 14 August 1833 | Commander | ||
| 16 March 1842 | Captain | ||
| 12 April 1862 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 1836 | 1841 | Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society | |
| 16 March 1841 | 15 March 1842 | Commander in Shearwater, Woolwich for surveying the east coast of England | |
| 16 March 1842 | 28 January 1843 | Captain in Shearwater (until paying off at Woolwich), Woolwich for surveying the east coast of England | |
| 29 January 1843 | December 1846 | Captain in Blazer (from commissioning at Woolwich), surveying the east coast of England | |
| 25 January 1845 | Commissioner for Inquiring into the State of the Rivers, Shores and Harbours of the United Kingdom | ||
| 184? | Railway and Harbour Department of the Admiralty | ||
| 1854 | Assistant to Sir Francis Beaufort, the Admiralty hydrographer | ||
| 26 January 1855 | 19 September 1863 | Hydrographer of the Admiralty (until he died) | |
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