John Francis Ross R.N.
John Francis Ross R.N.
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John Francis Ross R.N. | Explanation |
Son of John Clunes Ross (1790-1861) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
13 February 1821 | | Born (Valetta, Malta) |
28 July 1857 | | Married Caroline (1826-1886), daughter of Henry Williams Ross (1783-1862) |
5 April 1888 | | Married Mary (1843-1906), daughter of Henry Grant (1800-) |
20 March 1899 | | Died (Ramsgate, Kent) |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
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Date | Rank |
19 February 1846 | Lieutenant |
10 May 1856 | Commander |
24 November 1862 | Captain |
1 October 1873 | Retired Captain |
21 March 1878 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
29 October 1840 | 1 March 1842 | Mate in Benbow, commanded by Captain Houston Stewart, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840) |
3 March 1842 | 29 January 1844 | Mate in Devastation, commanded by Commander Hastings Reginald Henry then Lieutenant and commander John James Robinson then Commander Hastings Reginald Henry then Commander Swynfen Thomas Carnegie, Mediterranean |
30 January 1844 | 16 March 1844 | Mate in St Vincent, commanded by Captain Richard Freeman Rowley, Portsmouth |
17 March 1844 | 17 May 1844 | Mate in Tortoise, commanded by Paymaster William Finlaison |
31 March 1848 | 21 June 1849 | Lieutenant in Hibernia, commanded by Captain Charles Wise, flagship of Entered Navy William Parker, Mediterranean |
(25 October 1855) | 18 June 1856 | Lieutenant in Weser, commanded by Commander John Edmund Commerell, Black Sea during the Russian War |
31 July 1857 | 2 March 1860 | Commander (2ic) in Brunswick, commanded by Erasmus Ommanney, West Indies, the Channel squadron, and then the Mediterranean |
19 October 1860 | 24 November 1862 | Commander in Desperate (from commissioning at Plymouth), Devonport, then off Mexico, occupying Vera Cruz, the Mexicans having postponed the payment of indemnities to persons who had suffered in recent revolutions. |
29 July 1862 | 23 November 1862 | Acting Captain in Cadmus, North America and West Indies |
24 November 1862 | 6 May 1863 | Captain in Cadmus (until paying off at Chatham), North America and West Indies |
4 May 1866 | 1 December 1870 | Captain in Pearl (from commissioning at Portsmouth), China (and joining the 1869 Flying squadron at Yokohama on 17 April 1870) |
22 March 1872 | 23 September 1872 | Captain in Favorite, Coast Guard, Queensferry |