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| Hastings Reginald Yelverton (Hastings Reginald Henry) R.N. | Explanation |
| Son of John Joseph Henry, of Straffan, Co. Kildare |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| March 1808 | | Born |
| 9 April 1845 | | Married Barbara, in her own right Baroness Grey de Ruthyn, widow of George Augustus Francis, second Marquis of Hastings |
| 1849 | | Assumed the name of Yelverton by Royal Sign Manual |
| 1855 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) |
| 2 June 1869 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
| 29 May 1875 | | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) |
| 24 July 1878 | | Died (Grand Pump Hotel, Bath) |
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| Date | Rank |
| 20 August 1823 | Entered Navy |
| 18 December 1830 | Lieutenant |
| 28 June 1838 | Commander |
| 5 September 1843 | Captain |
| 30 January 1863 | Rear-Admiral |
| 29 May 1869 | Vice-Admiral |
| 30 July 1875 | Admiral |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 7 September 1831 | | Lieutenant in Asia, commanded by Hyde Parker, flagship of Rear-Admiral William Parker, Lisbon |
| 20 December 1834 | | Lieutenant in Rattlesnake, commanded by William Hobson |
| 16 September 1840 | 11 August 1841 | Commander in Salamander, particular service |
| 12 August 1841 | 14 September 1840 | Commander in Styx (from commissioning at Sheerness) |
| 15 September 1841 | May 1842 | Commander in Devastation (from commissioning at Woolwich), Mediterranean |
| (May 1842) | 14 February 1843 | Acting Captain in Queen, flagship of Vice-Admiral Edward William Campbell Rich Owen, Mediterranean |
| 14 February 1843 | | Commander in Devastation, Mediterranean |
| 15 April 1843 | | Acting Captain in Aigle, Mediterranean |
| 24 October 1853 | 20 December 1855 | Captain in Arrogant, Portsmouth, then (1854) the Baltic during the Russian War |
| 20 December 1855 | 12 July 1856 | Captain in Brunswick, in charge of a division of gunboats |
| 12 July 1856 | 22 July 1859 | Captain in Conqueror, Mediterranean |
| 3 July 1859 | April 1863 | Comptroller-general of the coastguard |
| June 1863 | 12 April 1865 | Second in command, Mediterranean (flag in Revenge, then (May 1865) Caledonia) |
| June 1866 | 1 May 1867 | Commander-in-chief, Channel squadron |
| 18 July 1870 | 25 October 1870 | Commander-in-chief, Channel squadron |
| 25 October 1870 | 13 January 1874 | Commander-in-chief, Mediterranean (flag in Lord Warden) |
| 7 September 1876 | 5 November 1877 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (1st Naval Lord) |