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Charles Hillyar
Admiral Sir Charles Farrell Hillyar (bapt. 19 December 1817''England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975'' – 14 December 1888) was a Royal Navy admiral who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station. Naval career The son of Admiral Sir James Hillyar, Charles Hillyar joined the Royal Navy in 1831. Promoted to captain in 1852, he commanded HMS ''Gladiator'' in the Black Sea during the Crimean War. He commanded HMS ''Queen'' from 1859 and HMS ''Octavia'' from 1865. Hillyar became Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and Cape of Good Hope in 1865, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1872 and Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1877. He retired in 1882. Hillyar lived at Torre House at Torpoint in Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Totnes
Totnes ( or ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about west of Paignton, about west-southwest of Torquay and about east-northeast of Plymouth. It is the administrative centre of the South Hams District Council. Totnes has a long recorded history, dating back to 907, when its first castle was built. By the twelfth century it was already an important market town, and its former wealth and importance may be seen from the number of merchants' houses built in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Today, the town has a sizeable alternative and "New Age" community, and is known as a place where one can live a Bohemianism, bohemian lifestyle. Two electoral wards mention ''Totnes'' (Bridgetown and Town). Their combined populations at the 2011 UK Census was 8,076. History Ancient and medieval history According to the ''Histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hillyar
Admiral Sir James Hillyar KCB KCH (29 October 1769 – 10 July 1843) was a prominent British Royal Navy officer of the early nineteenth century, who is best known for his service in the frigate HMS ''Phoebe'' during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. While in command of ''Phoebe'', Hillyar was present at the Invasion of Ile de France in 1810, was heavily engaged at the Battle of Tamatave in 1811 and captured the USS ''Essex'' off Valparaíso in Chile in 1814. In addition, Hillyar was engaged in numerous other operations, his first battle occurring in 1781 off Boston. He remained in the Navy until his death in 1843, and was active at sea during the 1830s, commanding fleets in the North Sea and off Portugal. He was knighted twice and two of his sons later became full admirals, Charles Farrell Hillyar and Henry Shank Hillyar. His eldest daughter Mary Ann married January 1843 in Malta Sir Cecil Bisshopp, Bt of Parham in the County of Sussex. Life Hillyar was born in 1769, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1888 Deaths
In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late as 2888, which has 14 digits. Events January–March * January 3 – The 91-centimeter telescope at Lick Observatory in California is first used. * January 12 – The Schoolhouse Blizzard hits Dakota Territory, the states of Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, leaving 235 dead, many of them children on their way home from school. * January 13 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. * January 21 – The Amateur Athletic Union is founded by William Buckingham Curtis in the United States. * January 26 – The Lawn Tennis Association is founded in England. * February 6 – Gillis Bildt becomes Prime Minister of Sweden (1888–1889). * February 27 – In West O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1817 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Sailing through the Sandwich Islands, Otto von Kotzebue discovers New Year Island. * January 19 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, starts crossing the Andes from Argentina, to liberate Chile and then Peru. * January 20 – Ram Mohan Roy and David Hare found Hindu College, Calcutta, offering instructions in Western languages and subjects. * February 12 – Battle of Chacabuco: The Argentine–Chilean patriotic army defeats the Spanish. * March 3 ** President James Madison vetoes John C. Calhoun's Bonus Bill. ** The U.S. Congress passes a law to split the Mississippi Territory, after Mississippi drafts a constitution, creating the Alabama Territory, effective in August. * March 4 – James Monroe is sworn in as the fifth President of the United States. * March 21 – The flag of the Pernambucan Revolt is publicly blessed by the dean of Recife Cathedral, Brazil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Coote (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Robert Coote (1 June 1820 – 17 March 1898) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station. Background Coote was a younger son of Sir Charles Coote, 9th Baronet, by Caroline Whaley, daughter of John Whaley, of Whaley Abbey, County Wicklow. Naval career Educated at Eton College, Coote joined the Royal Navy in 1833 and served on the coast of Syria in 1840. He was made commander of the sloop HMS ''Volcano'' in 1851 while serving in the West Africa Squadron. Promoted to captain in 1854, he commanded HMS ''Victory'' from 1860, HMS ''Gibraltar'' from 1864 and HMS ''Arethusa'' from 1867. He became Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown in 1874 and Commander-in-Chief, China in 1878. He retired in 1885. He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery in Woking Cemetery. There is a memorial to him in St Catherine's Church in Tullamore in County Offaly. Family Coote married Lucy Parry, daughter of the Arctic explorer Admiral Sir William Parry, in 1854. They had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Phillips Ryder
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Phillipps Ryder (27 June 1820 – 30 April 1888) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he undertook the role of transporting Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela, the Portuguese ambassador, back home to Lisbon and then delivering the Percy Doyle, the British ambassador to the Republic of Mexico, to Mexico City. He then led a naval brigade dispatched to Nicaragua to deal with the unlawful detention of two British subjects. He pursued the Nicaraguan commander, a Colonel Salas, for 30 miles up the San Juan River and captured the fort at Serapique. Ryder became commanding officer of the frigate HMS ''Dauntless'' in which he saw action in the Black Sea and then took part in the Battle of Kinburn during the Crimean War. He went on to be Controller of the Coastguard, Commander-in-Chief, China Station and then Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. In retirement he was an active member of the Church of England Purity Society. He suffered f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Cochrane (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Sir Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane, (24 September 1824 – 20 August 1905) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station. Naval career Born the third son of the tenth Earl of Dundonald, Cochrane joined the Royal Navy in 1839. He fought at Acre where he was wounded during the Oriental Crisis in 1840 and then served in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War where he devised a method of towing torpedoes to their target using kites in 1855. Promoted to Captain in 1854, he was given command of at Sheerness and then of HMS ''Niger'' in which he took part in the destruction of the Chinese Fleet in October 1856 during the Second Opium War. He later commanded HMS ''Warrior'' and then HMS ''Cumberland''. He was appointed Superintendent of Sheerness dockyard in 1869 and Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1873. He was promoted to admiral in December 1881, and retired from the navy in June 1886. In retirement he was involved in manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Farquhar
Admiral Sir Arthur Farquhar (9 January 1815 – 29 January 1908) was a British Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth. Naval career Farquhar joined the Royal Navy in 1829. He took part in the bombardment of Acre during the Oriental Crisis in 1840. Promoted to commander in 1844, Farquhar was given command of HMS ''Albatross'' in 1846 and fought pirates in Borneo in 1849. Promoted to captain in 1849, he commanded HMS ''Malacca'', HMS ''Victory'', HMS ''Hannibal'', HMS ''Hogue'' and HMS ''Lion''. Farquhar was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1869 and Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in 1878. He retired in 1880. There is a memorial to Farquhar in Christ Church, Kincardine O'Neil. Family In 1851 Farquhar married Ellen Rickman; the couple had nine sons and four daughters. He was an investor in the coal mines of Robert Dunsmuir Robert Dunsmuir (August 31, 1825April 12, 1889) was a Scottish-Canadian coal mine developer, owner a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dowell (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Sir William Montagu Dowell (2 August 1825 – 27 December 1912) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Devonport. Naval career Dowell joined the Royal Navy in 1839. He served in the Black Sea during the Crimean War. He was given command of HMS ''Hornet'' and HMS ''Barrosa'' and, in the latter ship, took part in the Bombardment of Shimonoseki in 1863. Later he commanded HMS ''Euryalus'', HMS ''Topaze'' and then HMS ''Leander''. He was made Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station in 1867 before taking command of HMS ''Hercules'' in 1871. He became Second-in-Command of the Channel Squadron in 1877, Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland Station in 1878, Senior Officer in Command of the Channel Squadron in 1882, Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1884 and Commander-in-Chief, Devonport in 1888. He retired in 1890. In retirement he became President of the Royal British Female Orphan Asylum in Plymouth Plymouth () ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold Heath
Vice Admiral Sir Leopold George Heath KCB (18 November 1817 – 7 May 1907) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station. Naval career Heath joined the Royal Navy in 1830 and was involved in the capture of Borneo in 1846. He was beachmaster during the British landings at Eupatoria during the Crimean War and then became acting Captain of HMS ''Sans Pareil'' in the Black Sea before taking personal charge of the Port of Balaclava. In 1846, as Lt Heath of HMS Iris, he drew a three- part depiction of the coasts of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. His drawings were published by the Hydrographer's Office, London, in 1847 as a guide for merchant ships' captains. The series was republished in 1997 to mark the end of the 99-year lease by Britain of Hong Kong's New Territories. Heath later commanded HMS ''Seahorse'', HMS ''Melampus'', HMS ''Arrogant'', HMS ''Dauntless'' and then HMS ''Cambridge''. He was appointed vice-president of the Ordnance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Montresor
Admiral Frederick Byng Montresor (1811 – 15 December 1887) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station. Naval career Montresor was made a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1835.Profile: Frederick Byng Montresor R.N. pdavis.nl. Accessed 15 January 2023. He was promoted to in 1857, he took command of HMS ''Calypso'' and sailed to in August 1858 to d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Murray (publishing House)
John Murray is a British publisher, known for the authors it has published in its long history including, Jane Austen, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lord Byron, Charles Lyell, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Herman Melville, Edward Whymper, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, and Charles Darwin. Since 2004, it has been owned by conglomerate Lagardère under the Hachette UK brand. Business publisher Nicholas Brealey became an imprint of John Murray in 2015. History The business was founded in London in 1768 by John Murray (1737–1793), an Edinburgh-born Royal Marines officer, who built up a list of authors including Isaac D'Israeli and published the ''English Review''. John Murray the elder was one of the founding sponsors of the London evening newspaper ''The Star'' in 1788. He was succeeded by his son John Murray II, who made the publishing house important and influential. He was a friend of many leading writers of the day and launched the ''Quarterly Review'' in 1809. He was the pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
