George Ommaney Willes R.N.
George Ommaney Willes R.N.
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George Ommaney Willes R.N. | Explanation |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
19 June 1823 | | Born (Southampton, Hampshire) |
16 May 1855 | | Married Georgina Matilda Josephine (1825-1912), daughter of William Joseph Lockwood (1790-1854, Captain in the Coldstream Guards) |
21 May 1884 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
1892 | | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) |
18 February 1901 | | Died (73 Cadogan Square, Chelsea, London) |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
12 September 1842 | Mate |
11 December 1844 | Lieutenant |
17 April 1854 | Commander |
10 May 1856 | Captain |
11 June 1874 | Rear-Admiral |
1 February 1879 | Vice-Admiral |
27 March 1885 | Admiral |
19 June 1888 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
24 December 1844 | 1 February 1845 | Lieutenant in Rolla, commanded by Commander John Simpson, west coast of Africa |
4 March 1845 | 30 April 1848 | Lieutenant in Hibernia, commanded by Captain Peter Richards, Mediterranean |
1 May 1848 | 5 October 1849 | Lieutenant and commander in Spitfire, commanded by Peter Richards, flagship of James Hope, Mediterranean |
8 August 1850 | 1 May 1854 | Lieutenant in Retribution, commanded by Captain Frederick Warden, particular service |
1 June 1854 | | Commander (2ic) in Britannia, commanded by Thomas Wren Carter, flagship of James Whitley Deans Dundas, Mediterranean |
7 June 1854 | 13 March 1855 | Commander (2ic) in Britannia, commanded by Captain Thomas Wren Carter, Mediterranean (and Black Sea during the Russian War) |
16 October 1855 | 22 May 1856 | Commander (2ic) in Duke of Wellington, commanded by Captain Henry Caldwell, flagship of Richard Saunders Dundas, the Baltic during the Russian War |
15 February 1859 | 18 May 1861 | Captain in Chesapeake, flagship of James Hope, East Indies and China (including later part of 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) |
19 May 1861 | 27 September 1862 | Captain in Impérieuse, flagship of James Hope, China (including British involvement in Taiping rebellion) (until Willes invalided) |
14 November 1863 | 11 January 1864 | Additional captain in Royal Adelaide, commanded by Captain Henry Caldwell, for service in Prince Consort |
12 June 1864 | 17 April 1866 | Captain in Prince Consort, Channel squadron |
18 April 1866 | 27 January 1869 | Captain in Indus, flagship of Rear-Admiral James Robert Drummond, guard ship of reserve, and flagship of the Admiral Superintendant, Devonport dockyard |
28 January 1869 | 12 July 1870 | At the Admiralty, assisting the First Naval Lord in conducting the duties of the Coastguard and the Royal Naval Reserve, as well as giving general assistance in other matters; carried on the books of Fisgard at Woolwich |
October 1870 | | "Chief of the Staff" at the Admiralty: superintending the Coastguard, the first reserve ships, tenders, and drill-ships of the Royal Naval Reserve, and supervising the Royal Naval Reserve, the Royal Naval Volunteers, and the Seamen and Marine Pensioners' Reserve |
1 August 1871 | 29 August 1871 | Commodore (1st class) in Achilles, commanded by Captain Richard Vesey Hamilton, Reserve Squadron |
3 January 1881 | 3 January 1884 | Commander-in-chief, China |
28 November 1885 | 20 June 1888 | Commander-in-chief, Portsmouth |