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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| John Richard Alexander R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Only son of Admiral Thomas Alexander (1790-1843) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 1829 | Born (Fareham, Hampshire) | ||
| 1853 | Married Jane Letitia Troubridge Bruce (born about 1823), only daughter of Henry William Bruce at Sierra Leone | ||
| 19 January 1869 | Died (Dublin) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 30 November 1850 | Lieutenant | ||
| 28 May 1858 | Commander | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 11 March 1851 | 17 March 1854 | Lieutenant in Penelope, commanded by Henry Lyster, flagship of Commodore Henry William Bruce, west coast of Africa (acting flag-lieutenant, then flag-lieutenant) | |
| 6 May 1854 | 28 November 1854 | Lieutenant in Impregnable, flagship of Admiral Sir William Parker, Devonport (acting flag-lieutenant) | |
| 29 November 1854 | 27 July 1855 | Lieutenant in President, commanded by Stephen Grenville Fremantle, flagship of Rear-Admiral Henry William Bruce, Pacific (flag-lieutenant) | |
| 28 July 1855 | 26 May 1858 | Lieutenant in Monarch (until paying off at Sheerness), commanded by George Edwin Patey, flagship of Rear-Admiral Henry William Bruce, Pacific (flag-lieutenant) including activities on the Russian coast during the Russian war. | |
| 29 August 1860 | 16 August 1861 | Commander in Ariel (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off), Cape of Good Hope | |
| 17 August 1861 | 3 January 1862 | Commander in Lyra (until paying off at Portsmouth), Cape of Good Hope | |
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