George Giffard R.N.
George Giffard R.N.
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George Giffard R.N. | Explanation |
Third son of Sir Ambrose Hardinge Giffard, Chief Justice of Ceylon |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
9 September 1815 | | Born (Colombo) |
1847 | | Married Magdalene Christian (died 1888), daughter of Robert Mushet, an official of the Royal Mint |
29 May 1875 | | K.C,B, (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
8 March 1895 | | Died (Redhill, Surrey) |
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Date | Rank |
27 June 1827 | Entered Navy |
30 October 1835 | Lieutenant |
4 November 1840 | Commander |
26 December 1845 | Captain |
1 December 1858 | Retired Captain |
3 December 1863 | Rear-Admiral |
1 April 1870 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
22 January 1877 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
1 November 1835 | | Lieutenant in Cruizer, commanded by William Alexander Willis, North America and West Indies |
14 February 1838 | | Lieutenant in Medea, commanded by John Neale Nott, North America and West Indies |
27 November 1839 | | Lieutenant in Cyclops, commanded by Horatio Thomas Austin, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840) |
31 January 1843 | 11 July 1846 | Commander in Vixen (until paying off), East Indies |
1847 | | A relief commissioner in Donegal |
30 August 1852 | 6 January 1853 | Captain in Termagant (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), particular service |
6 January 1853 | 19 March 1856 | Captain in Leopard, Mediterranean, then (1854) the Baltic (flagship of Rear-Admiral James Hanway Plumridge) and (1855) the Black Sea during the Russian War |
29 July 1856 | 1 March 1858 | Captain in Princess Royal (from commissioning at Portsmouth), Mediterranean |