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| Henry Shank Hillyar R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 1819 | Born (Totnes, Devon) | ||
| 11 June 1855 | Married Anna Louisa (1830-1906), daughter of George William Soltau (1802-1884) | ||
| 3 August 1893 | Died (Devon) | ||
| Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 24 December 1831 | Entered Navy | ||
| 23 December 1842 | Lieutenant | ||
| 25 February 1853 | Commander | ||
| 13 November 1854 | Captain | ||
| 11 February 1872 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 16 September 1877 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 1 April 1884 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 14 May 1838 | 10 April 1841 | Mate in Asia, commanded by Captain William Fisher, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840) | |
| 11 April 1841 | 17 March 1843 | Mate in Cornwallis, commanded by Captain Peter Richards, East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | |
| 18 March 1843 | 11 May 1847 | Lieutenant in Wolverene, commanded by Lieutenant and commander Henry Gage Morris then Commander William John Cavendish Clifford then Commander John Charles Dalrymple Hay, East Indies | |
| 31 August 1847 | 24 May 1851 | Lieutenant in Asia, commanded by Captain Robert Fanshawe Stopford, Pacific | |
| 19 March 1852 | 6 February 1853 | Lieutenant in Winchester, commanded by Captain Granville Gower Loch, East Indies | |
| 20 August 1853 | 26 November 1854 | Commander (2ic) in Agamemnon, commanded by William Robert Mends, flagship of Rear-Admiral Edmund Lyons, Mediterranean | |
| 27 November 1854 | 23 March 1855 | Commander (2ic) in Agamemnon, commanded by Thomas Sabine Pasley, flagship of Rear-Admiral Edmund Lyons, Mediterranean | |
| 6 May 1859 | 23 July 1862 | Captain in Cadmus (from commissioning at Chatham), North America and West Indies | |
| 11 May 1866 | 13 June 1867 | Captain in Resistance (until paying off), Mediterranean | |
| 14 December 1867 | 14 February 1871 | Captain in Royal Oak (from commissioning at Portsmouth), Channel squadron, then Mediterranean | |
| 20 June 1876 | 2 October 1878 | Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown, flag in Revenge | |
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