Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage R.N.
Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage R.N.

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Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage R.N.Explanation
Son of Charles Thomas Fieschi Heneage (1804-1885)
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
19 March 1833 Born (Arthingworth, Northamptonshir)
11 February 1874 Married Louisa Emma (1851-1929), daughter of Sir Edmund Antrobus, 3rd Bart. (1818-1899)
25 May 1892 Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)
26 June 1902 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)
10 June 1915 Died (London)
In a review of 'Scott of the Antarctic' by David Crane, in the Guardian of 10 December 2005, David Rushby cites: Algernon 'Pompo' Heneage, a man who would stalk through his ship wearing a pair of white kid gloves. Behind him a coxswain waited with a further dozen pairs on a silver tray as Heneage 'groped behind pipes and down lavatory bowls for the traces of dirt that could damn an executive officer's career for ever'. This tartar refused to wear his uniform for prayers as 'no Royal Navy officer should be seen kneeling to a higher deity'
Obituary in the Times newspaper
 
DateRank
20 March 1852Mate
8 March 1854Lieutenant
10 January 1861Commander
26 June 1866Captain
7 July 1884Rear-Admiral
29 November 1889Vice-Admiral
9 December 1894Admiral
19 March 1898Retired Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
22 March 185227 April 1853Mate in Hastings, commanded by Captain Francis William Austen, East Indies
19 August 18537 March 1854Mate in St Jean d'Acre, commanded by Captain Henry Keppel, Western squadron
8 March 18547 November 1856Lieutenant in St Jean d'Acre, commanded by Captain Henry Keppel, Western squadron, then (May 1854) the Baltic and (1855) the Black Sea during the Russian War
20 July 185824 August 1858Lieutenant in Victor Emmanuel, commanded by Captain James Willcox, Channel squadron
25 August 185815 February 1860Lieutenant in Royal Albert, commanded by Captain Edward Bridges Rice then Captain Henry James Lacon, Channel squadron
16 February 186017 November 1860Lieutenant in Forte, commanded by Captain Edward Winterton Turnour, Cape of Good Hope
18 November 186011 February 1861Acting Commander in Forte, commanded by Captain Edward Winterton Turnour, Cape of Good Hope
10 January 186111 February 1861Commander (2ic) in Forte, commanded by Captain Edward Winterton Turnour, Cape of Good Hope
12 February 18616 October 1862Commander in Falcon (until paying off at Portsmouth), west coast of Africa
18 January 186426 August 1866Commander in Lily, North America and West Indies
18 January 186727 April 1870Captain in Rodney (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Portsmouth), flagship of Vice-Admiral Henry Keppel, China
2 November 18721 November 1875Captain in Royal Adelaide, flagship of Admiral Henry Keppel on the Devonport station
4 April 187831 August 1880Captain in Achilles, Mediterranean
3 January 188130 April 1881Captain in Warrior, Coast Guard, Portland
1 May 18813 January 1884Captain in Hercules, Coast Guard, Portland (including summer cruises 7 June-25 July 1882 and 13 June - 28 July 1883)
24 July 18857 August 1886Second-in-Command, Channel squadron, flag in Agincourt
20 September 18878 September 1890Commander-in-chief, Pacific, flag in President, then (13 November 1887) Triumph, then (25 August 188) Swiftsure1)
27 February 189210 December 1894Commander-in-chief, the Nore
1)President was an old Fourth rate, in use as Drill Ship for the Royal Naval reserve in the Wist Indis Docks. Perhaps he was carried onthe books of this vessel pending transfer to his stattion

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