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| Edwin Clayton Tennyson D'Eyncourt R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Second son of Charles Tennyson D'Eyncourt, MP for Lambeth (and uncle of Alfred, Lord Tennyson) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 4 July 1813 | Born (Caenby, Lincolnshire) | ||
| 1 March 1859 | Married Henrietta (1819-1890), youngest daughter of Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle (1785-1851) | ||
| 24 May 1873 | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) | ||
| 14 January 1903 | Died (London) | ||
| Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' | |||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 3 August 1826 | Entered Royal Naval College | ||
| 22 October 1832 | Mate | ||
| 21 February 1837 | Lieutenant | ||
| 8 June 1841 | Commander | ||
| 1 November 1849 | Captain | ||
| 2 April 1866 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 1 April 1870 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| 30 April 1873 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| 21 March 1878 | Retired Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 22 October 1832 | 13 July 1833 | Mate in Rapid (1829, brig-sloop) | |
| 16 November 1833 | 19 January 1835 | Mate in Excellent, commanded by Captain Thomas Hastings, gunnery ship, Portsmouth | |
| 25 August 1835 | 27 September 1836 | Mate in Jupiter, commanded by Captain Frederick William Grey, East Indies | |
| 28 February 1837 | 12 May 1837 | Flag Lieutenant in Howe, commanded by Captain Charles Henry Paget, flagship of Vice-Admiral Robert Waller Otway, the Nore | |
| 13 November 1837 | 27 September 1841 | Lieutenant in Calliope, commanded by Thomas Herbert, South America, and East Indies | |
| 23 November 1846 | 18 October 1848 | Commander in Comus, south-east coast of America | |
| 10 April 1854 | 8 January 1855 | Captain in Desperate, the Baltic during the Russian War | |
| 9 January 1855 | 18 November 1856 | Captain in Pylades (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness), the Baltic during the Russian War | |
| 3 June 1858 | 2 February 1859 | Captain in Orion (from commissioning at Plymouth), Channel squadron (from 10 August to 1 November 1858 flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles HoweFremantle) | |
| 3 February 1859 | 27 February 1862 | Captain in Edinburgh, Coast Guard, Leith | |
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