Richard Dunning White R.N.
Richard Dunning White R.N.
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Richard Dunning White R.N. | Explanation |
Youngest son of Admiral Thomas White |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
1819 | | Born |
20 May 1881 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) |
28 July 1899 | | Died (Heavitree, Exeter) |
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Date | Rank |
15 April 1826 | Entered Navy |
5 November 1840 | Lieutenant |
28 August 1847 | Commander |
10 May 1856 | Captain |
19 January 1874 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
1 February 1879 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
December 1843 | March 1847 | Lieutenant in Sealark, commanded by Thomas Lewis Gooch, west coast of Africa |
1 March 1847 | September 1847 | Commander in Skylark (until paying off at Chatham), west coast of Africa |
1 July 1850 | May 1853 | Commander in Cygnet (until paying off at Portsmouth), coast of Africa |
6 January 1855 | 10 May 1856 | Commander in Desperate, the Baltic during the Russian War |
15 September 1859 | 1863 | Captain in Madagascar, storeship, Rio de Janeiro |
26 May 1865 | 23 February 1867 | Captain in Cossack (until paying off at Sheerness), Mediterranean |
186? | January 1869 | Captain in Mersey, flagship, Queenstown |