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| Arthur Fanshawe R.N. | Explanation |
| Third and youngest son of Captain Robert Fanshawe, Resident Commissioner of Plymouth Dockyard |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 5 February 1794 | | Born |
| 1840 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) |
| 18 May 1860 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
| 14 June 1864 | | Died |
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| Date | Rank |
| 8 February 1804 | Entered Navy |
| 22 April 1813 | Lieutenant |
| 2 October 1815 | Commander |
| 17 October 1816 | Captain |
| 11 June 1851 | Rear-Admiral |
| 9 July 1857 | Vice-Admiral |
| 4 October 1862 | Admiral |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 17 July 1832 | July 1834 | Captain in Donegal, Lisbon |
| 9 February 1837 | 27 July 1841 | Captain in Princess Charlotte (until paying off at Portsmouth), flagship of Admiral Robert Stopford, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840) |
| 12 January 1849 | 20 May 1851 | Commodore, west coast of Africa (flag in Centaur) |
| 23 November 1853 | 26 November 1856 | Commander-in-chief, North America and West Indies (flag in Boscawen) |
| 22 February 1858 | 19 April 1860 | Commander-in-chief, Mediterranean (flag in Marlborough) |
| 8 June 1860 | 11 October 1860 | Commander-in-chief, Devonport |