Benjamin Spencer Pickard R.N.
Benjamin Spencer Pickard R.N.
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Benjamin Spencer Pickard R.N. | Explanation |
Son of James Pickard (born 1781) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
31 January 1822 | | Born (Birmingham) |
1850 | | Married Mary Anne Annette (born 1828), daughter of Commander Thomas Delafons RN (1772-1847) in East Stonehouse, Devon |
12 August 1890 | | Died (Lee, Kent) |
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Date | Rank |
10 August 1843 | Lieutenant |
2 March 1858 | Commander |
12 December 1863 | Captain |
7 March 1875 | Retired Captain |
2 March 1879 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
1 July 1885 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
9 May 1840 | 20 February 1841 | Midshipman in Wanderer, commanded by Joseph Denman, west coast of Africa |
17 June 1848 | | Lieutenant in Ranger, commanded by Charles Frankland Newland, west coast of Africa |
6 April 1857 | | Lieutenant in Cumberland, commanded by John Bourmaster Dickson, flagship of Rear-Admiral Provo William Parry Wallis, south-east coast of America |
10 August 1858 | 11 November 1859 | Commander (2ic) in Repulse, commanded by James Willcox, Channel squadron |
11 November 1859 | | Commander (2ic) in Victor Emanuel, commanded by William John Cavendish Clifford, Mediterranean |
27 November 1863 | | Commander (2ic) in Meeanee, commanded by George Wodehouse, Mediterranean |
12 November 1866 | | Captain in Jumna |
20 February 1872 | 21 August 1872 | Captain in Aurora (from commissioning at Plymouth), sea-going training ship for boys |
22 August 1872 | 17 February 1875 | Captain in Revenge, flagship of Rear-Admiral Edmund Heathcote, flagship of the Port Admiral, Queenstown, replacing Mersey (and in January 1874 to take out Vice-Admiral James Robert Drummond, Commander-in-chief, Mediterranean, and replacement crews for several ships on that station, and to bring home Vice-Admiral Hastings Reginald Yelverton and the superceded crews) |