Benjamin Langlois Lefroy R.N.
Benjamin Langlois Lefroy R.N.
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Benjamin Langlois Lefroy R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Captain Lefroy, of Cardenton, County Kildare |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
7 April 1858 | | Married Eleanor Jane, only daughter of Henry Surmon, of Canonbury. |
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Date | Rank |
10 May 1854 | Lieutenant |
25 March 1863 | Commander |
1 October 1873 | Retired Captain |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
31 October 1854 | | Lieutenant in Tartar, commanded by Hugh Dunlop, the Baltic during the Russian War |
24 December 1854 | | Lieutenant in Blenheim, commanded by William Hutcheon Hall, the Baltic during the Russian War |
3 June 1856 | | Lieutenant in Pioneer, commanded by George Pechell Mends, North America and West Indies |
13 October 1858 | | Lieutenant in Pembroke, commanded by Edward Philips Charlewood, Coast Guard, Harwich |
13 December 1861 | 25 March 1863 | Lieutenant and commander in Investigator (from commissioning at Woolwich), west coast of Africa |
1 August 1864 | | Inspecting Commander, Coast Guard |
8 March 1867 | 24 December 1868 | Commander in Spiteful, south-east coast of America, then 1868 Abyssinian expedition (a punitive expedition against the Emperor of Ethiopia, Tewodros II, who had written to the British Government requesting their help in his wars with his neighbours. When he received no answer to his letter, he took offence and made a number of British officials and missionaries his prisoners). |