Benjamin Spencer Pickard R.N.
Benjamin Spencer Pickard R.N.

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Benjamin Spencer Pickard R.N.Explanation
Son of James Pickard (1781-1849)
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
31 January 1822 Born (Birmingham)
1850 Married Mary Anne Annette (1829-1913), daughter of Thomas Delafons R.N. (1772-1847)
12 August 1890 Died (Lee, Kent)
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'
 
DateRank
27 July 1843Mate
10 August 1843Lieutenant
2 March 1858Commander
12 December 1863Captain
7 March 1875Retired Captain
2 March 1879Retired Rear-Admiral
1 July 1885Retired Vice-Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
9 May 184020 February 1841Midshipman in Wanderer, commanded by Joseph Denman, west coast of Africa
27 July 18439 August 1843Mate in Dublin, commanded by Captain John Jervis Tucker, Pacific
10 August 184328 November 1844Lieutenant in Champion, commanded by Commander John Clavel, Pacific
5 April 18455 April 1848Lieutenant in Melampus, commanded by Captain John Norman Campbell, south-east coast of America, then East Indies (on passage from 9 October 1847)
17 June 184829 March 1849Lieutenant in Ranger, commanded by Commander Charles Frankland Newland, west coast of Africa
1 December 185030 January 1854Coast Guard, Porthillic
31 January 18547 March 1857Lieutenant in Caesar, commanded by Captain John Robb, Devonport, then (1855) the Baltic during the Russian War
6 April 18571 March 1858Lieutenant in Cumberland, commanded by Captain John Bourmaster Dickson, flagship of Rear-Admiral Provo William Parry Wallis, south-east coast of America
2 March 185812 August 1858Commander (2ic) in Cumberland, commanded by Captain John Bourmaster Dickson, flagship of Rear-Admiral Provo William Parry Wallis, south-east coast of America
13 August 18586 May 1862Commander (2ic) in Victor Emmanuel, commanded by Captain James Willcox then Captain William John Cavendish Clifford, Channel squadron, then (March 1959) Mediterranean
27 November 186327 January 1864Commander (2ic) in Meeanee, commanded by Captain George Wodehouse, Mediterranean
12 November 186627 March 1867Additional Captain in Fisgard, commanded by Commodore William Edmonstone, Woolwich, for service in Jumna
1 January 18687 June 1870Captain in Jumna
20 February 18724 September 1872Captain in Aurora (from commissioning at Plymouth), sea-going training ship for boys
5 September 18726 March 1875Captain in Revenge, flagship of Rear-Admiral Edmund Heathcote, flagship of the Port Admiral, Queenstown, replacing Mersey (and 21 December 1873 - 7 April 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)

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