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| Richard Ashmore Powell R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Thomas Walter Powell (1791-1839) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 12 July 1816 | Born ( Guernsey, Channel Islands) | ||
| 11 October 1862 | Married Mary Evelina (1837-1913), daughter of George Hougham Skelton (1810-1873) | ||
| 24 December 1892 | Died (Shanklin, Isle of Wight) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 24 December 1831 | Entered Navy | ||
| 8 February 1836 | Mate | ||
| 18 December 1842 | Lieutenant | ||
| 4 November 1851 | Commander | ||
| 8 March 1855 | Captain | ||
| 6 July 1871 | Retired Captain | ||
| 6 April 1873 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| 21 March 1878 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| (April 1846) | Acting Commander in Kingfisher, west coast of Africa | ||
| 12 February 1849 | Lieutenant and commander in Janus, Gibraltar | ||
| 17 August 1853 | Commander in Vesuvius, Mediterranean (and, 1854, Black Sea during the Russian War) | ||
| 8 March 1855 | Additional Captain in Harpy, flagship of Rear-Admiral Frederick William Grey, Mediterranean | ||
| 2 December 1856 | 20 April 1857 | Captain in Cornwallis (from commissioning at Plymouth), Coast Guard, the Humber (first ship so commissioned after CG was reorganised under the Admiralty) | |
| 1 May 1857 | Captain in Boscawen, flagship of Rear-Admiral Frederick William Grey, Cape of Good Hope | ||
| 5 December 1861 | 1 October 1862 | Captain in Defence, Channel squadron | |
| 1 October 1862 | 27 April 1866 | Captain in Britannia, cadet training ship, Portland | |
| 16 June 1866 | 1 September 1869 | Commodore in Topaze (until paying off at Plymouth), Pacific | |
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