Richard Vesey Hamilton R.N.
Richard Vesey Hamilton R.N.

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Richard Vesey Hamilton R.N.Explanation
Son of Rev. John Vesey Hamilton, rector of Little Chart, Kent
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
28 May 1829 Born
18 December 1862 Married Julia Frances Delmé (died 1897), daughter of Vice-Admiral James Arthur Murray
29 May 1875 C.B. (Companion of the Bath)
21 June 1887 K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath)
25 May 1895 G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath)
1896 Wrote 'Naval Administration'.
17 September 1912 Died (Chalfont St Peter, Bucks)
Obituary in the Times newspaper
 
DateRank
15 July 1843Entered Navy
11 October 1851Lieutenant
10 August 1857Commander
27 January 1862Captain
27 September 1877Rear-Admiral
17 February 1884Vice-Admiral
18 October 1887Admiral
28 May 1894Retired Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
1 August 18492 March 1850Mate in Excellent, commanded by Captain Henry Ducie Chads, gunnery ship, Portsmouth
3 March 18509 October 1851Mate in Assistance, commanded by Erasmus Ommanney, particular service, in Horatio Thomas Austin's squadron in search of Sir John Franklin
16 February 185231 May 1854Lieutenant in Resolute, commanded by Captain Henry Kellett, particular service: searching, together with Assistance (Sir Edward Belcher), Pioneer (Sherard Osborn, tender to Assistance) and Intrepid (M'Clintock, tender to Resolute) and for Sir John Franklins' ill-fated 1845 North-West Passage expedition, until abandoned at Dealy Island (on 16 September 1855 she was found by Capt. James Buddington of the American whaler George Henry in ice in the Davis Strait off Baffin Island, she was then refitted by the US Navy and on 12 December she returned to Portsmouth)
1 June 185417 October 1854Lieutenant in Assistance, commanded by Captain Edward Belcher, particular service: searching, together with Pioneer (Sherard Osborn, tender to Assistance), Resolute (Henry Kellett) and Intrepid ( McClintock, tender to Resolute) for Sir John Franklins' ill-fated 1845 North-West Passage expedition, until abandoned at Bathurst Island
16 June 18554 March 1856Lieutenant in Desperate, commanded by Commander Richard Dunning White, the Baltic during the Russian War
5 March 18566 December 1857Lieutenant and commander in Haughty, China (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War)
4 June 185826 January 1862Commander in Hydra, west coast of Africa, then West Indies
27 January 186215 July 1862Captain in Hydra (until paying off at Woolwich), North America and West Indies
16 July 18628 November 1864Captain in Vesuvius, West Indies
27 April 186521 May 1868Captain in Sphinx, West Indies
10 June 186831 December 1868Member of the Committee on Ordnance
21 April 187025 April 1873Captain in Achilles, Coast Guard, Portland
24 May 187314 March 1875Captain in Indus, In command of the steam reserve at Devonport
15 March 187515 October 1877Captain in Nankin, Superintendent of Pembroke dockyard
5 June 18785 April 1880Director of Naval Ordnance
6 April 188016 April 1883Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown, flag in Revenge
1 September 188517 December 1887Commander-in-chief, China, flag in Audacious
October 1888 Member of committee to consider the lessons of the naval manoeuvres of that year, that led to the Naval Defence Act of 1889
28 December 188828 September 1891Commissioner of the Admiralty (Second then First Naval Lord)
1 October 189128 May 1894President of Royal Naval College, Greenwich

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