Hawksworth Fawkes R.N.
Hawksworth Fawkes R.N.


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Hawksworth Fawkes R.N.Explanation
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
28 March 1836 Born (Otley, Yorkshire)
27 August 1871 Married Rose (1840-1921), daughter of Hugh Lane (1808-1880)
17 July 1876 Died (in command of Spartan en route for the East Indies)
 
DateRank
May 1849Entered Navy
25 May 1857Lieutenant
25 March 1863Commander
22 May 1870Captain
 
Date fromDate toService
15 January 18564 April 1857Mate in Duke of Wellington, commanded by Captain Henry Caldwell, the Baltic during the Russian War
21 November 185720 February 1858Lieutenant in Alacrity, commanded by Commander Armine Wodehouse, home waters
(27 February 1858)16 June 1858Lieutenant in Pearl, commanded by Edward Southwell Sotheby, Pacific, and in Pearl's Naval Brigade during the Indian Mutiny
14 July 185923 July 1862Lieutenant in Imp?rieuse, commanded by Rochfort Maguire, flagship of Rear-Admiral Lewis Tobias Jones, East Indies and China
28 July 186221 March 1863Acting Commander (2ic) in Imp?rieuse, commanded by Robert Gibson, China
5 January 18656 January 1868Coast Guard, Donaghadee, Co. Down
29 July 186812 January 1871Commander in Cracker, south-east coast of America
5 July 18755 October 1875Captain in Jumna, troopship (until Fawkes invalided)
15 June 187617 July 1876Captain in Spartan (from commissioning at Sheerness), en route for the East Indies (until Fawkes died off Vigo, wherupon the vessel returned to Portsmouth)


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