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| William Charles Chamberlain R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Sir Henry Orlando Robert Chamberlain, 1st baronet, Consul-General and charge d'affaires in Brazil (1773-1829) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 21 April 1818 | Born (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | ||
| 19 June 1845 | Married Eliza Jane, (1826-1856), daughter of Basil Hall, R.N. (1788-1844) | ||
| 27 February 1878 | Died (Brighton, Sussex) | ||
| Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 4 November 1840 | Lieutenant | ||
| 22 October 1844 | Commander | ||
| 21 February 1856 | Captain | ||
| 19 January 1874 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 15 December 1840 | 18 January 1842 | Lieutenant in Stromboli, commanded by Commander Woodford John Williams then Commander William Louis, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840) | |
| 19 January 1842 | 28 March 1843 | Lieutenant in Impregnable, commanded by Captain Thomas Forrest, Mediterranean | |
| 29 March 1843 | 27 July 1843 | Lieutenant in Howe, commanded by Captain Thomas Forrest, Mediterranean | |
| 22 September 1843 | 23 December 1843 | Lieutenant in Hyacinth, commanded by Commander Francis Scott, North America and West Indies | |
| 24 January 1844 | 29 January 1844 | Lieutenant in Caledonia, commanded by Captain Alexander Milne, Plymouth | |
| 30 January 1844 | 12 March 1844 | Lieutenant in Volage, commanded by Captain William Dickson, North America and West Indies | |
| 13 March 1844 | 20 February 1845 | Lieutenant and commander in Dwarf | |
| 12 July 1847 | 2 January 1850 | Commander in Britomart, west coast of Africa | |
| 22 January 1851 | 27 February 1852 | Commander in Cormorant (until paying off at Woolwich), south-east coast of America | |
| 12 July 1855 | 25 February 1856 | Commander in Conflict, Baltic | |
| 3 May 1860 | 21 January 1862 | Captain in Racoon (until paying off at Chatham), Mediterranean | |
| 17 May 1862 | 10 June 1866 | Captain in Resistance (from commissioning at Chatham), Channel squadron then (December 1863), Mediterranean | |
| 11 June 1866 | 2 December 1868 | Captain in Asia, Portsmouth (flag-ship of Admiral Superintendent) and captain of the Steam Reserve | |
| 3 December 1868 | 31 December 1868 | Captain in Cumberland, Captain Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard | |
| 1 January 1869 | 18 January 1874 | Additional captain in Pembroke, commanded by Captain Thomas Miller, Captain Superintendent of Chatham dockyard | |
| 12 August 1875 | 30 April 1876 | Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard, flag in Indus | |
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