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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| William Henry Whyte R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Third son of Captain Edward Whyte, R.N. | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 24 January 1829 | Born | ||
| 1880 | Married Katherine Mary, younger daughter of Thomas Segrave, of Cabra, Co. Dublin | ||
| 9 September 1912 | Died | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| May 1841 | Entered Navy | ||
| 11 May 1849 | Lieutenant | ||
| 1 April 1858 | Commander | ||
| 25 July 1864 | Captain | ||
| 3 January 1881 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 18 October 1887 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 25 July 1892 | Admiral | ||
| 9 August 1892 | Retired Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 185? | Lieutenant in Desperate, the Baltic during the Russian War | ||
| 185? | Lieutenant in Pylades, the Baltic during the Russian War | ||
| 14 March 1857 | 9 April 1858 | Lieutenant and commander in Teazer, west coast of Africa | |
| 19 June 1861 | 20 August 1864 | Commander in Surprise, Mediterranean | |
| 1 December 1870 | 26 November 1874 | Captain in Cadmus (from commissioning at Plymouth), 1871 Detached Squadron then (April 1872) China | |
| 10 March 1875 | Captain in Achilles, Coast Guard, Liverpool | ||
| 11 June 1875 | 14 March 1878 | Captain in Warrior, Channel squadron, then (1876) Coast Guard, Portland | |
| 1 November 1878 | 30 October 1879 | Captain in Royal Adelaide, flagship of Admiral Arthur Farquhar, Devonport, flag-ship of the Port Admiral | |
| 30 October 1879 | Captain in Penelope, flagship of the Duke of Edinburgh, Admiral-Superintendent of Coastguards | ||
| 13 May 1884 | July 1885 | Second in command, Channel squadron (flag in Agincourt) | |
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