Philip Ruffle Sharpe R.N.
Philip Ruffle Sharpe R.N.

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Philip Ruffle Sharpe R.N.Explanation
Son of Rev. Lancelot Sharpe (1774-1851)
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
30 June 1831 Born (Rectory, Mark Lane, London)
1864 Married, firstly, Margaret Anna (1842-1865), daughter of William Samuel Hobson (1792-1842), R.N., Governor General of New Zealand
19 January 1872 Married, secondly, Margaret Gertrude (1847-1913), daughter of William Shafto Hawks (1799-1870)
26 November 1892 Died (Hartley Wintney, Hampshire)
 
DateRank
6 October 1846Entered Navy
6 October 1852Mate
9 November 1854Lieutenant
12 December 1863Commander
19 May 1870Captain
1 February 1886Retired Captain
17 June 1887Retired Rear-Admiral
22 October 1892Retired Vice-Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
6 October 185213 November 1852Mate in Arrogant, commanded by Captain Stephen Grenville Fremantle, Western squadron
21 December 18528 January 1853Mate in Cruizer, commanded by Commander George Henry Douglas, Woolwich
9 January 18532 July 1854Mate in Rattlesnake, commanded by Commander Henry Trollope, particular service, taking provisions to the vessels looking in the Bering Strait for signs of Sir John Franklin's espedition
3 July 18548 November 1854Acting Lieutenant in Rattlesnake, commanded by Commander Henry Trollope, particular service, taking provisions to the vessels looking in the Bering Strait for signs of Sir John Franklin's espedition
9 November 18547 January 1856Lieutenant in Rattlesnake, commanded by Commander Henry Trollope, particular service, taking provisions to the vessels looking in the Bering Strait for signs of Sir John Franklin's espedition
24 February 18561 September 1856Lieutenant in Himalaya, commanded by Commander Benjamin Pentland Priest
6 January 185730 April 1861Lieutenant in Magicienne, commanded by Captain Nicholas Vansittart then Captain John Edmund Commerell, Mediterranean, then East Indies and China
31 July 186120 August 1862Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Richard Strode Hewlett, gunnery ship, Portsmouth
21 August 18628 February 1863Lieutenant in Rattlesnake, commanded by Commodore Arthur Parry Eardley-Wilmot, west coast of Africa
9 February 186330 June 1863Acting Commander in Lee, west coast of Africa
1 July 186321 April 1864Lieutenant and commander in Lee, west coast of Africa, tender to Rattlesnake
24 June 186726 June 1868Commander in Waterwitch (from commissioning at Woolwich), Portsmouth
27 June 186811 August 1870Commander in Lapwing, North America and West Indies
5 June 18759 June 1878Captain in Crocodile
7 March 18817 March 1884Captain in Revenge, flagship of the Port Admiral, Queenstown

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