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George Hancock R.N. | Explanation |
Son of rear-Admiral John Hancock (1766-1839) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
1819 | | Born |
20 September 1876 | | Died (London, after relinquishing his post as Commander-in-chief in the Pacific) |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
3 March 1834 | Entered Navy |
1 July 1844 | Lieutenant |
24 January 1850 | Commander |
19 January 1855 | Captain |
20 October 1872 | Rear-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
5 November 1844 | 10 March 1848 | Lieutenant in Eagle, commanded by George Bohun Martin, flagship of Rear-Admiral Samuel Hood Inglefield, south-east coast of America |
13 April 1848 | 25 May 1850 | Lieutenant in Hastings, commanded by James William Morgan, flagship of Rear-Admiral Francis Augustus Collier, East Indies |
12 August 1851 | 25 November 1851 | Commander (2ic) in Waterloo, commanded by Montagu Stopford(fitting for the flagship of Vice-Admiral James Whitley Deans Dundas in the Mediterranean, until Britannia was selected instead) |
4 December 1851 | 6 December 1852 | Commander (2ic) in London, commanded by George Rodney Mundy, Sheerness |
28 January 1853 | 4 April 1855 | Commander in Espiegle, North America and West Indies |
16 November 1860 | 15 July 1864 | Captain in Immortalité (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), Mediterranean and (August 1861) North America and West Indies |
17 May 1865 | 15 June 1867 | Captain in Trafalgar, Coast Guard, Leith (Queensferry) |
16 June 1867 | 10 September 1867 | Captain in Duncan, Coast Guard, Leith (Queensferry) (replacing Trafalgar) |
11 September 1867 | 31 May 1868 | Captain in Duke of Wellington, Portsmouth, training ship for seamen |
14 June 1869 | 29 February 1872 | Captain in Duke of Wellington, Portsmouth, training ship for seamen, then (20 December 1869) flagship of the port admiral, replacing Victory which became a tender |
1 October 1873 | 5 October 1874 | Second in command, Channel squadron (flag in Northumberland) |
6 October 1874 | 2 November 1874 | Second in command, Channel squadron (flag in Monarch) |
3 November 1874 | 1 January 1875 | Second in command, Channel squadron (flag in Northumberland) |
18 April 1876 | 5 August 1876 | Commander-in-chief, Pacific (flag in Repulse) until invalided home |