Rear Admiral Hon. Albert Denison Somerville Denison (4 October 1835 – 2 September 1903) was an officer in the British
Royal Navy
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who served in China during the
Second Opium War
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and received a medal for his service.
Early life
Albert Denison was born on 4 October 1835,
["DENISON, Rear-Adm. Hon. Albert Denison Somerville"]
''Who Was Who
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'', A & C Black. Online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2017. the second son of
Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough
Albert Denison Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough, KCH, FRS, FSA (21 October 1805 – 15 January 1860) was a British Whig Party politician and diplomat, known as Lord Albert Conyngham from 1816 to 1849.
Early life and career
Born Albert Denison ...
, and the Hon. Henrietta Weld-Forester (a daughter of the
1st Baron Forester).
[Hon. Albert Denison Somerville Denison.]
Wootton Bridge Historical. Retrieved 13 March 2017. He had a brother,
Harold Albert Denison.
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Family
In 1873 he married Louisa Fanny Crichlow Fabris.[ His daughter, the Honourable Daisy Denison, married ]Robert Lockhart Hobson
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of the British Museum in 1900. In 1938, Daisy was granted the title as a Baron's daughter which would have been hers had her father survived to succeed as Lord Londesborough. She died in 1967. He had two other daughters, Ivy, who married Herbert Guy Sturges Mitchison, and Lily, who married Reginald Marsh Everett. Both were also declared Honourable on the same basis as Daisy.[ After the most senior line to the Londesborough barony failed, his son ]Ernest
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succeeded to the title in 1937.
Career
Denison joined the Royal Navy in 1849. He was appointed mate
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with a pass in seamanship in 1856. He was mate and subsequently acting lieutenant on the sloop 1856–59 when she served off China in the Second Opium War, being promoted to acting lieutenant in 1857 in consideration of successful operations against "Mandarin junks" in the Canton River
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and the attack on the fort and junk fleet at Fatsham Creek. He received the second China War Medal and clasp.[
He was promoted to commander in 1866. In 1869 he was commander of at the China station][
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Death
Denison died on 2 September 1903.[ His residence at the time of his death was "Woodside", Wootton, Isle of Wight. Probate was granted in London to his brother Harold Albert Denison][ and ]Gerald Otho Fitzgerald
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on an estate of £14,085.1903 Probate Calendar, p. 274.
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See also
*Cormorant-class gunvessel
The ''Cormorant''-class gunvessels (sometimes known as ''Eclipse''-class gunvessels) were a class of 4-gun first-class gunvessels built for the Royal Navy in the 1860s. They were somewhat unsuccessful; intended for shore bombardment in shallow wa ...
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Royal Navy officers
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1835 births
1903 deaths