Thomas Brandreth R.N.
Thomas Brandreth R.N.
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Thomas Brandreth R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Thomas Shaw Brandreth (1788-1873) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
6 August 1825 | | Born (Liverpool, Lancashire) |
28 June 1866 | | Married Madeline (1843-1916), daughter of Alexander Colvin (1788-1864) |
1875 | 13 December 1878 | Naval aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria |
21 June 1887 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath) in Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee honours list |
10 December 1894 | | Died (Farnham, Surrey) |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
23 December 1845 | Lieutenant |
5 February 1858 | Commander |
9 May 1863 | Captain |
31 December 1878 | Rear-Admiral |
30 October 1884 | Vice-Admiral |
14 July 1889 | Admiral |
1890 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
23 April 1846 | 2 August 1847 | Lieutenant in Constance, commanded by Captain Baldwin Wake Walker, Pacific |
3 August 1847 | 8 December 1849 | Lieutenant in Constance, commanded by Captain George William Conway Courtenay, Pacific |
1 March 1851 | 19 May 1852 | Lieutenant in Prince Regent, commanded by William Fanshawe Martin, Channel squadron |
20 May 1852 | 6 March 1854 | Lieutenant in Prince Regent, commanded by Captain Frederick Hutton, Channel squadron |
7 March 1854 | 13 February 1855 | Lieutenant in Neptune, commanded by Captain Frederick Hutton, Portsmouth, then the Baltic during the Russian War |
14 February 1855 | 24 February 1858 | Lieutenant in St Vincent, commanded by Captain Harry Eyres, depot ship of the ordinary, Portsmouth. |
5 June 1858 | 29 October 1859 | Commander (2ic) in Orion, commanded by Edwin Claton Tennyson D'Eyncourt, flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles Howe Fremantle, Channel squadron |
30 October 1859 | 3 May 1860 | Commander (2ic) in Marlborough, commanded by Captain Lord Frederick Herbert Kerr, flagship of Vice-Admiral William Fanshawe Martin, Mediterranean |
4 May 1860 | 4 June 1863 | Commander (2ic) in Marlborough, commanded by Captain William Houston Stewart, flagship of Vice-Admiral William Fanshawe Martin, Mediterranean |
6 September 1865 | 14 December 1865 | Captain in Edgar (until paying off at Portsmouth), flagship of Rear-Admiral Sidney Colpoys Dacres, Commander-in-chief, Channel squadron |
March 1867 | December 1868 | Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty (Henry Thomas Lowry Corry) |
1 May 1869 | 2 March 1874 | Captain in Lord Warden, flagship of Vice-Admiral Alexander Milne and then (25 October 1870) Vice-Admiral Hastings Reginald Yelverton, Mediterranean |
18 May 1874 | 31 December 1876 | Captain in Excellent, gunnery ship, Portsmouth |
1 January 1877 | 3 January 1879 | Additional captain in Duncan, commanded by Captain Thomas Bridgeman Lethbridge, Captain Superintendant of Sheerness dockyard |
3 February 1879 | 30 November 1881 | Superintendent of Chatham dockyard, flag in Pembroke |
1 December 1881 | 11 April 1882 | Controller of the Navy |
12 April 1882 | 27 November 1885 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy) |
28 November 1885 | 28 November 1888 | President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich |