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| Frederick William Grey R.N. | Explanation |
| Third son of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845; Prime Minister from 1830-1834) |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 23 August 1805 | | Born |
| 1843 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath), for service in China |
| 20 July 1846 | | Married Barbarina Charlotte, daughter of Rev. F Sullivan |
| 2 January 1857 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
| 28 March 1865 | | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) |
| 2 May 1878 | | Died |
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| Date | Rank |
| 18 January 1819 | Entered Navy |
| 7 April 1825 | Lieutenant |
| 17 April 1827 | Commander |
| 19 April 1828 | Captain |
| 22 January 1855 | Rear-Admiral |
| 5 January 1861 | Vice-Admiral |
| 24 January 1865 | Admiral |
| 18?? | Retired Admiral |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 7 April 1825 | | Lieutenant in Sybille, commanded by Samuel John Brooke Petchell, Mediterranean |
| 26 September 1825 | | Lieutenant in Volage, commanded by Richard Saunders Dundas, South America |
| 17 April 1827 | | Commander in Heron, South America |
| 25 November 1830 | 4 September 1834 | Captain in Actaeon, Mediterranean |
| 21 August 1835 | 27 September 1836 | Captain in Jupiter, East Indies |
| 30 October 1840 | 1843 | Captain in Endymion (from commissioning at Plymouth), East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) |
| 18 March 1854 | 23 January 1855 | Captain in Hannibal (from commissioning), commodore of the fleet conveying 10,000 French troops to the Åland Islands, then the Black Sea during the Russian War |
| 23 January 1855 | | Principal agent of transports in the Bosphorus during the Russian War (flag in Harpy) |
| 1 April 1857 | 10 February 1860 | Commander-in-chief, Cape of Good Hope and west coast of Africa (flag in Boscawen) |
| 15 June 1861 | 13 July 1866 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (1st Naval Lord) |
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