Biography of Cortland Herbert Simpson R.N.

Cortland Herbert Simpson R.N.

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Cortland Herbert Simpson R.N.			Explanation
Son of Rev. Henry Winckworth Simpson (1792-1876)

Date (from)	(Date to)	Personal
6 July 1826		Born (Ealing, Middlesex)
20 April 1852		Married Anna Maria Elizabeth (1823-1890), daughter of George Watson (1781-1844)
24 October 1908		Died (Sudbury, Suffolk))
Obituary in the Times newspaper

Date	Rank
1842	Entered Navy
6 December 1847	Mate
30 August 1848	Lieutenant
6 August 1860	Commander
11 April 1866	Captain
18 May 1880	Retired Captain
19 March 1883	Retired Rear-Admiral
14 July 1889	Retired Vice-Admiral

Date from	Date to	Service
6 December 1847	16 December 1847	Mate in Flying Fish, commanded by Commander Peché Hart Dyke, west coast of Africa
17 December 1847	14 March 1848	Acting Lieutenant in Styx, commanded by Commander Henry Chads, west coast of Africa
15 March 1848	29 August 1848	Acting Lieutenant in Heroine, commanded by Commander Charles Edmunds, west coast of Africa
30 August 1848	31 August 1848	Lieutenant in Heroine, commanded by Commander Charles Edmunds, west coast of Africa
1 September 1848	31 January 1849	Lieutenant in Bittern, commanded by Commander Thomas Hope, west coast of Africa
5 September 1849	31 January 1852	Lieutenant in Hecla, commanded by Commander Edward Halhead Beauchamp-Proctor, west coast of Africa
10 January 1853	12 July 1855	Lieutenant in Calypso, commanded by Captain Arthur Forbes, North America and West Indies
30 November 1855	12 June 1856	Lieutenant and commander in Sheldrake
3 March 1857	8 April 1858	Lieutenant and commander in Otter, fishery protection duty in the North Sea
28 April 1858	12 May 1860	Lieutenant and commander in Pluto (until paying off at Woolwich), west coast of Africa
20 March 1862	15 July 1865	Commander in Mullett, west coast of Africa
22 August 1871	23 November 1875	Captain in Blanche, Australia
1 April 1877	5 April 1880	Captain in Hector, Ship of First Reserve, Coast Guard, Southampton Water (including the Particular Service fleet during the Russian war scare)

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