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The following obituary for Edward Kelly appeared in the Times newspaper.
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| 18 January 1892 | Rear-Admiral Edward Kelly, Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard, died of influenza on Saturday, after only a few hours' illness. He was born in 1836, entered the Royal Navy in 1849, and was a cadet in the Castor, 36, during the Kaffir war in 1850. He became a Lieutenant in 1856, and in the following year joined the Calcutta, 84, flagship of Sir Michael Seymour, and served in her during the China war in 1857-58. Among the other lieutenants of the vessel were the present Admirals Sir M. Culme-Seymour, Lord Clanwilliam, Beamish, Douglas, Dawkins, Wratislaw, and Kennedy, and the late Commodore Goodenough. In 1859 Mr. Kelly joined the screw corvette Pelorus, 21, on the Australian Station, and in her took part in the hostilities in New Zeeland in 1860-61. When the ship came home in 1862 he was her first lieutenant. After passing a short time in the Duke of Wellington, he was appointed first lieutenant of the steam line-of-battleship Bombay, 67, Captain C.A. Campbell, flagship of the Hon. C.G.J.B. Elliot, on the South-East Coast of America. On December 14, 1864, this fine vessel, being off Montevideo in the River Plate, was destroyed by a fire, the origin of which was never discovered. About 90 souls perished in most awful circumstances; but the loss would have been far greater, and upwards of 600 persons might have been burnt or drowned, but for the splendid conduct of the officers, among whom, for his coolness and bravery, the late Admiral was conspicuous. He was almost immediately afterwards promoted, and, as commander, he in 1865, joined the Mullet, 5, on the North American Station. Having brought her home in 1870, he was posted. During the Egyptian war of 1882 he commanded the Achilles, whose marines occupied Fort Aboukir in September. In 1885 he was made Aide-de-Camp to the Queen; in 1886 he was appointed Captain Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard; on June 10, 1887, he was promoted to be Rear-Admiral; and in November following he took up the appointment which he held until his death. Admiral Kelly wore the China medal, the New Zealand medal, the Egyptian medal, the Khedive's bronze star, and the third class of the Osmanieh. |
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