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| Edwin Claton Tennyson D'Eyncourt R.N. | Explanation |
| Second son of Charles Tennyson D'Eyncourt, MP for Lambeth (and uncle of Alfred, Lord Tennyson) |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 1813 | | Born |
| 1 March 1859 | | Married Henrietta, youngest daughter of Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle (1785-1851) |
| 1873 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) |
| 14 January 1903 | | Died |
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| Date | Rank |
| 3 August 1826 | Entered Royal Naval Colle |
| 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 |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 21 February 1837 | | Lieutenant in Howe, commanded by Charles Henry Paget, flagship of Robert Waller Otway, the Nore |
| 11 November 1837 | 1841 | Lieutenant in Calliope, commanded by Thomas Herbert, South America, and East Indies |
| June 1841 | | Lieutenant in Blenheim, commanded by Thomas Herbert, China |
| 17 November 1846 | | Commander in Comus, south-east coast of America |
| 29 March 1854 | 5 January 1855 | Captain in Desperate, the Baltic during the Russian War |
| 5 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 | 27 January 1859 | Captain in Orion (from commissioning at Plymouth), Channel squadron (from 10 August to 1 November 1858 flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles HoweFremantle) |
| 24 January 1859 | 13 February 1862 | Captain in Edinburgh, Coast Guard, Leith |
The Mid-Victorian Royal Navy
