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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| William Garnham Luard R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Eldest son of William Wright Luard (1786-1857) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 7 April 1820 | Born (Witham, Essex) | ||
| 7 April 1858 | Married Charlotte (1835-1912) , third daughter of Rev. Henry Du Cane (1786-1855) | ||
| 13 March 1867 | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) | ||
| November 1882 | November 1885 | President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich | |
| 22 June 1897 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) | ||
| 19 May 1910 | Died (at Witham, Essex, after a road accident) | ||
| Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' | |||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 1833 | Entered Royal Naval College | ||
| 6 May 1841 | Lieutenant | ||
| 29 September 1850 | Commander | ||
| 11 March 1857 | Captain | ||
| 1 January 1875 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 15 June 1879 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 31 March 1885 | Admiral | ||
| 7 April 1885 | Retired Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 20 November 1841 | Lieutenant in Isis, commanded by John Marshall, Cape of Good Hope | ||
| 7 April 1848 | Lieutenant in Hastings, commanded by James William Morgan, East Indies | ||
| 29 September 1850 | Commander in Serpent, East Indies (2nd Burma war) | ||
| 26 June 1854 | Commander in Star, south-east coast of America | ||
| 11 August 1855 | Commander (2ic) in Indefatigable, commanded by Thomas Hope, flagship of Rear-Admiral William James Hope Johnstone, south-east coast of America | ||
| 3 July 1860 | 2 July 1863 | Captain in Formidable, flagship of Vice-Admiral William James Hope Johnstone, Sheerness | |
| 24 November 1863 | 21 February 1866 | Captain in Conqueror (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness), China (including the bombardment of Simonoseki) | |
| 26 April 1866 | 19 March 1867 | Captain in Hector (until paying off at Portsmouth), Channel squardon | |
| 9 June 1868 | 31 December 1868 | Additional Captain in Excellent, commanded by Captain Arthur William Acland Hood, gunnery ship, for service in Select Committee | |
| 28 January 1869 | 10 May 1870 | Captain in Indus, flagship of Rear-Admiral James Robert Drummond on the Devonport station , Flag ship of the Admiral Superintendent | |
| 11 May 1870 | 8 January 1875 | Captain Superintendent of Sheerness dockyard | |
| March 1878 | June 1879 | Superintendent of Malta dockyard | |
| 1879 | Chairman of the Committee to investigate the bursting of a 38 ton gun on Thunderer, 2 January 1879 | ||
| 1881 | Chairman of the Committee to consider the question of gas explosions in coal bunkers | ||
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