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| John Corbett R.N. | Explanation |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 15 July 1822 | | Born |
| 1864 | | Married Georgina Grace, eldest daughter of G.J. Holmes, of Brooke Hall, Norfolk |
| 1875 | | Naval aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria |
| 29 May 1886 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
| 10 December 1893 | | Died (Roland Gardens, South Kensington) |
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| Date | Rank |
| 1835 | Entered Navy |
| 4 May 1846 | Lieutenant |
| 20 February 1852 | Commander |
| 10 August 1857 | Captain |
| 20 April 1875 | Rear-Admiral |
| 2 August 1879 | Vice-Admiral |
| 7 April 1885 | Admiral |
| 15 July 1887 | Retired Admiral |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 9 May 1854 | 11 August 1855 | Commander in Wolverene, North America and West Indies (until wrecked on Courtown Bank, 160 miles from Greytown, all saved) |
| 28 July 1856 | | Commander in Inflexible, East Indies and China, (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) |
| 14 June 1859 | 23 April 1864 | Captain in Scout (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness), East Indies and China |
| 24 June 1864 | 18 May 1866 | Captain in Hastings (until paying off), flagship of Rear-Admiral Lewis Tobias Jones then Rear-Admiral Frederick Warden, Queenstown |
| 7 May 1866 | | Captain in Black Prince, flagship at Queenstown |
| 1867 | | Captain in Britannia, cadet training ship, Dartmouth |
| 1 July 1867 | 20 September 1867 | Captain in Mersey (from commissioning at Portsmouth), flagship of Rear-Admiral Claude Henry Mason Buckle, flagship, Queenstown |
| 7 July 1867 | 24 July 1867 | in Warrior, Channel squadron |
| 2 April 1877 | 4 August 1879 | Commander-in-chief, East Indies (flag in Undaunted, then Euryalus) |
| 30 October 1884 | 1 July 1885 | Commander-in-chief, the Nore |
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