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Henry Francis Redhead Yorke RN, Midshipman
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| Henry Francis Redhead Yorke R.N. | |||
| Son of Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorke (1802-1848) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 1842 | Born (Lepton, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England) | ||
| 1866 | 1872 | Admiralty clerk (and private secretary to Sir Sydney Dacres) | |
| March 1880 | 1886 | Assistant private secretary to First Lords of the Admiralty, W.H. Smith, Lord Northbrook and Lord George Hamilton | |
| 31 July 1882 | Married Lilian Harriet (1851-1914), daughter of Francis Richard, 10th Earl of Wemyss (1818-1914), and widow of Sir Henry Carstairs Pelly, M.P (1844-1877).1) | ||
| 1897 | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) | ||
| 1902 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) | ||
| 12 January 1914 | Died (Iver Heath) | ||
| According to his obituary in the Times newspaper he resigned in 1865 because of poor health; an undated note in his service record in ADM196/37 however states '? to avoid court martial for misconduct' | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 18 January 1855 | Entered Navy | ||
| 1862 | Sub-Lieutenant | ||
| 8 April 1863 | Lieutenant | ||
| 11 April 1865 | Retired | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 1 February 1860 | 4 October 1861 | Midshipman in Emerald, Channel squadron | |
| 4 October 1861 | Midshipman in Trafalgar, commanded by John Bourmaster Dickson, Channel squadron | ||
| 8 April 1863 | 27 August 1863 | Additional Lieutenant in Tribune, commanded by Viscount Gilford, Pacific | |
| 27 August 1863 | Lieutenant in Leander, commanded by Thomas Harvey, Pacific | ||
| 3 August 1864 | 3 August 1864 | Lieutenant in Bacchante, commanded by Donald McLeod Mackenzie, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas Maitland, Pacific | |
| 1865 | Temporary Admiralty clerk | ||
| 1874 | November 1877 | Private secretary to Vernon Lushington, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty | |
| 1 February 1886 | 1905 | Director of Victualing at the Admiralty | |
| 1) | Daughter of Richard Francis (changed to Charteris), 8th Earl of Wemyss, 6th Earl of March, (Edinburgh 4 Aug 1818-London 30 Jun 1914). |
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