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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| John Hobhouse Inglis Alexander R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Boyd Alexander (1796-1861) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| July 1832 | Born (Brighton, Sussex) | ||
| 23 January 1860 | Married Isabella Barbara (died 1883), daughter of Thomas Cochrane Hume | ||
| 22 November 1875 | Died (Menton, Departement des Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur, France) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 11 January 1854 | Lieutenant | ||
| 11 April 1860 | Commander | ||
| 16 August 1863 | Captain | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 11 January 1854 | Lieutenant in Furious, commanded by William Loring, Mediterranean and Black Sea during the Russian War | ||
| 26 October 1855 | Lieutenant in Hannibal, commanded by John Charles Dalrymple Hay, flagship of Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, Mediterranean | ||
| 25 November 1856 | 11 April 1860 | Lieutenant in Indus, commanded by Captain William King Hall, North America and West Indies, Flag Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral Houston Stewart. | |
| 5 April 1862 | 20 September 1863 | Commander in Coquette, China (including the bombardment of Kagoshima ("Anglo-Satsuma War")) | |
| 20 September 1863 | 24 November 1864 | Captain in Euryalus, East Indies and China (including the bombardment of Simonoseki, at which Alexander was seriously wounded) | |
| 21 August 1868 | 1869 | Captain in Forte (from commissioning at Sheerness), flagship of Commodore Leopold George Heath, East Indies | |
| (1869) | 21 July 1869 | Captain in Octavia (until paying off at Portsmouth), returning from the East Indies | |
| 21 May 1874 | 26 April 1875 | Captain in Hector, Ship of First Reserve, Coast Guard, Southampton Water (until superseded at his own request. owing to ill-health) | |
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