Charles Fellowes R.N.
Charles Fellowes R.N.
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Charles Fellowes R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Fellowes (1778-1853) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
19 October 1823 | | Born (Potterne, Wiltshire) |
29 June 1859 | | Married Louisa Garden (1828-1908), daughter of J. Tod, of Edinburgh |
20 May 1871 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) |
8 March 1886 | | Died (on board Minotaur) |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
1836 | Entered Navy |
29 June 1846 | Lieutenant |
26 January 1855 | Commander |
26 February 1858 | Captain |
18 June 1876 | Rear-Admiral |
30 December 1880 | Vice-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
17 October 1846 | 26 December 1846 | Lieutenant in Queen, commanded by Captain Henry John Leeke, flagship of Rear-Admiral George Francis Seymour, Devonport |
27 December 1846 | 28 November 1848 | Lieutenant in Superb, commanded by Captain Armar Lowry Corry, Mediterranean |
28 September 1849 | 15 June 1852 | Lieutenant in Leander, commanded by Captain Sidney Colpoys Dacres, particular service (Squadron of Evolution) |
16 June 1852 | 13 May 1854 | Lieutenant in Spartan, commanded by Captain William Legge George Hoste, East Indies |
14 May 1854 | 15 July 1854 | Acting commander (2ic) in Winchester, commanded by Captain James Francis Ballard Wainwright, East Indies |
16 July 1854 | 6 December 1855 | Lieutenant in Winchester, commanded by Captain Thomas Wilson, East Indies |
13 December 1855 | 17 August 1856 | Commander (2ic) in Conqueror, commanded by Captain Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds, Devonport |
18 August 1856 | 31 July 1858 | Commander in Cruizer (from commissioning at Portsmouth), East Indies and China, taking the gunboats Haughty, Staunch and Forester out for the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War |
21 January 1861 | 30 April 1861 | Captain in Princess Royal (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Plymouth), flagship of Rear-Admiral Robert Smart, Channel squadron |
1 May 1861 | 31 May 1863 | Captain in Revenge (from commissioning at Plymouth), flagship of Rear-Admiral Robert Smart, Channel squadron |
1 June 1863 | 1 December 1864 | Captain in Marlborough (until paying off at Portsmouth), flagship of Vice-Admiral Robert Smart, Mediterranean |
27 March 1866 | 10 September 1867 | Captain in Duke of Wellington, training ship for seamen, Portsmouth |
11 September 1867 | 15 June 1869 | Captain in Duncan (until paying off), commanded by James Hope, Coast Guard, Leith (and, May 1869, cruise of the Reserve Fleet, and flagship of Commodore of John Walker Tarleton's Coast Guard squadron comprising Duncan, Donegal, Revenge, Irresistible, Lion, Dauntless and Argus) (replaced by Repulse) |
14 May 1870 | 23 May 1873 | Captain in Indus, flagship of Admiral James Robert Drummond, Devonport, and captain of the Steam Reserve |
19 January 1874 | 29 January 1876 | Captain superintendant of Chatham Dockyard, pennant in Pembroke, Captain John Clarke Soady |
30 January 1876 | 2 February 1879 | Rear-Admiral superintendant of Chatham Dockyard, flag in Pembroke, Captain John Clarke Soady |
1 July 1885 | 8 March 1886 | Commander-in-Chef, Channel fleet, flag in Minotaur (until he died) |