Charles George Fane R.N.
Charles George Fane R.N.
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Charles George Fane R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Colonel Fane of Falbeck Hall, Lincolnshire |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
14 November 1837 | | Born |
1875 | | Married Mary, youngest daughter of Sir Edward Kenny, of Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1 June 1888 | | Naval aide de camp to Queen Victoria |
9 November 1901 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
22 February 1909 | | Died (Aberdeen) |
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Date | Rank |
1851 | Entered Navy |
19 May 1859 | Lieutenant |
16 October 1868 | Commander |
9 August 1875 | Captain |
5 August 1890 | Rear-Admiral |
9 November 1896 | Vice-Admiral |
January 1902 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
11 June 1860 | 1861 | Lieutenant in St George, commanded by Francis Egertonflagship of Rear-Admiral Edmund Lyons, Plymouth, then (May 1861) North America and West Indies |
29 May 1866 | | Lieutenant in Caledonia, commanded by Fitzgerald Algernon Charles Foley, flagship of Rear-Admiral Hastings Reginald Yelverton, Mediterranean (second in command) |
22 January 1867 | | Lieutenant in Galatea, commanded by Duke of Edinburghundertaking an extensive world tour to South America, the Cape, Australia, China, India and Japan (interrupted on 12 March 1868, by a Fenian assassination attempt at Sydney, when the ship returned to England to allow him to recover) |
2 November 1880 | 13 December 1882 | Captain in Tenedos (until paying off at Antigua), North America and West Indies |
14 December 1882 | 8 January 1884 | Captain in Tenedos (from commissioning at Antigua), North America and West Indies (senior officer on the Newfoundland fishery station) |
11 July 1885 | 22 April 1886 | Captain in Hector (until paying off at Portsmouth), guard ship, Southampton |
19 April 1886 | 22 November 1886 | Captain in Northampton, guard ship, Southampton |
23 November 1886 | 31 May 1888 | Captain in Invincible, guard ship, Southampton (off Netley) and in the First Reserve Squadron at the Naval review for Queen Victoria's golden jubilee (23 July 1887) |
1 June 1888 | 6 August 1890 | Captain in Duncan, Superintendent of Sheerness dockyard (then flag in Wildfire) |
1 February 1892 | 29 January 1896 | Admiral superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard |