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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Algernon Frederick Rous De Horsey R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Spencer de Horsey (1790-1860) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 27 July 1827 | Born (Aldborough, Suffolk) | ||
| 9 April 1861 | Married Caroline Augusta (1836-1929) daughter of Andrew Drew R.N. (1792-1878) | ||
| 1871 | Naval Aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria | ||
| 9 November 1903 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) | ||
| 22 October 1922 | Died (Cowes, Isle of Wight) | ||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 1840 | Entered Navy | ||
| 26 July 1846 | Lieutenant | ||
| 10 June 1853 | Commander | ||
| 7 September 1857 | Captain | ||
| 7 May 1875 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 27 November 1879 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 29 April 1885 | Admiral | ||
| 25 July 1892 | Retired Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 25 July 1846 | 15 January 1848 | Lieutenant in Modeste, commanded by Commander Thomas Vernon Watkins then Henry John Windham Sherbrook Payne Gallwey then Acting Commander John Wallace Douglas McDonald, Pacific | |
| 13 March 1849 | 6 January 1851 | Lieutenant in Arrogant, commanded by Captain Robert Fitzroy then Captain Robert Spencer Robinson, Portsmouth, then Lisbon | |
| 7 January 1851 | 9 June 1853 | Lieutenant in Cumberland, commanded by Captain George Henry Seymour, North America and West Indies | |
| 22 July 1853 | 26 June 1855 | Commander in Devastation, North America and West Indies | |
| 30 November 1855 | 1 July 1857 | Commander in Victor, North America and West Indies | |
| 1 May 1859 | 31 December 1861 | Captain in Brisk (from commissioning at Plymouth), Cape of Good Hope (until invalided) | |
| 9 May 1864 | 31 October 1865 | Captain in Wolverene (from commissioning at Woolwich), North America and West Indies | |
| 1 November 1865 | 20 December 1867 | Captain in Aurora (until paying off at Plymouth), North America and West Indies, senior officer on the Canadian lakes (during the Fenian disturbances) | |
| 27 May 1868 | 16 June 1871 | Captain in Hector, Coast Guard, Southampton Water (and, May 1869, cruise of the Reserve Fleet) | |
| 17 February 1872 | 31 March 1875 | Captain in Aboukir, Receiving ship, Jamaica | |
| 20 September 1876 | 21 July 1879 | Commander-in-chief, Pacific, flag in Repulse , then Shah, then Triumph (Shah engaged the Peruvian rebel turret-ship Huascar on 29 May 1877) | |
| 4 December 1884 | 7 May 1885 | Commander-in-chief, Channel squadron, flag in Northumberland then Minotaur aa | |
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