Henry Mangles Denham R.N.
Henry Mangles Denham R.N.
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Henry Mangles Denham R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Henry Denham, of Sherborne, Dorsetshire |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
28 August 1800 | | Born (London) |
18 November 1826 | | Married Isabella (1800-1865), daughter of Rev. Joseph Cole (1747-1826), of Carmarthen, Wales |
28 February 1839 | | F.R.S. (Fellow of the Royal Society) |
1866 | | Knighted (for his hydrographical services) |
3 July 1887 | | Died (London) |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
26 December 1822 | Lieutenant |
20 March 1835 | Commander |
17 August 1846 | Captain |
5 March 1864 | Rear-Admiral |
1 April 1866 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
14 July 1871 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
12 October 1827 | 25 February 1828 | Lieutenant and commander in Linnet (1817, survey cutter), surveying the coast of France |
14 September 1828 | 1 April 1830 | Surveying the coast of Wales |
2 April 1830 | 30 April 1830 | Additional lieutenant in St Vincent, commanded by Captain Edward Hawker, Portsmouth, but surveying on the west coast |
1 May 1830 | 19 May 1831 | Additional lieutenant in Caledonia, commanded by Captain Richard Curry, Plymouth, but surveying on the west coast |
20 May 1831 | 21 July 1831 | Additional lieutenant in Dublin, commanded by Captain Lord James Townshend, but presumably surveying |
22 July 1831 | 27 September 1831 | Additional lieutenant in Arachne (1809, brig-sloop), commanded by Commander William Gapper Agar, but presumably surveying |
28 September 1831 | 1 October 1831 | Additional lieutenant in Beagle, commanded by Commander Robert Fitzroy, fitting out for the voyage to South America (with Charles Darwin on board as naturalist), but presumably surveying |
2 October 1831 | 6 December 1831 | Additional lieutenant in ??? (illegible in service record), but presumably surveying |
7 December 1831 | 19 March 1835 | Additional lieutenant in San Josef, commanded by Captain Gordon Thomas Falcon, Plymouth, but surveying on the west coast |
15 January 1842 | 15 November 1843 | Commander (2ic) in Lucifer, commanded by Captain Frederick Willam Beechey, coast of Ireland, surveying |
16 November 1843 | 29 July 1845 | Additional commander in Royal Sovereign, commanded by Captain Watkin Owen Pell, Pembroke, for Surveying Service |
30 July 1845 | 1 December 1846 | Commander in Avon (until paying off at Woolwich), west coast of Africa |
2 December 1846 | 3 February 1847 | Additional captain in William and Mary, commanded by Commodore James John Gordon Bremer, Woolwich |
18 February 1852 | 1 June 1861 | Captain in Herald, Fiji islands |
2 June 1861 | 31 December 1861 | Additional captain in Fisgard, commanded by Commodore Frederick William Erskine Nicolson, Woolwich, to complete charts |