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| George Hancock R.N. | Explanation |
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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) |
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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 | | Lieutenant in Eagle, commanded by George Bohun Martin, flagship of Rear-Admiral Samuel Hood Inglefield, south-east coast of America |
| 13 April 1848 | 24 January 1850 | Lieutenant in Hastings, commanded by James William Morgan, flagship of Rear-Admiral Francis Augustus Collier, East Indies |
| 12 August 1851 | 5 December 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) |
| 5 December 1851 | 27 November 1852 | Commander (2ic) in London, commanded by George Rodney Mundy, Sheerness |
| 28 January 1853 | 19 January 1855 | Commander in Espiegle, North America and West Indies |
| 17 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 |
| 16 May 1865 | 15 June 1867 | Captain in Trafalgar, Coast Guard, Leith |
| 15 June 1867 | 10 September 1867 | Captain in Duncan, Coast Guard, Leith (Queensferry) (replacing Trafalgar) |
| 10 September 1867 | 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 |
| 15 April 1876 | August 1876 | Commander-in-chief, Pacific (until he died) (flag in Repulse) |
The Mid-Victorian Royal Navy
