Henry Fairfax R.N.
Henry Fairfax R.N.
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Henry Fairfax R.N. | Explanation |
Third son of Sir Henry Fairfax (1790-1860), 1st Baronet Fairfax of the Holmes |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
21 January 1837 | | Born (Edinburgh) |
25 April 1872 | | Married Harriet (1833-1925), daughter of Sir David Kinloch (1805-1879), 9th Baronet Kinloch of Gilmerton |
19 January 1882 | | Naval aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria |
25 May 1896 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
20 March 1900 | | Died (at Naples, while Commander-in-chief at Devonport) |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
7 December 1850 | Entered Navy |
5 December 1856 | Mate |
25 August 1858 | Lieutenant |
4 November 1862 | Commander |
3 April 1868 | Captain |
1 July 1885 | Rear-Admiral |
20 June 1891 | Vice-Admiral |
10 May 1897 | Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
5 December 1856 | 3 March 1857 | Mate in Monarch, commanded by Captain George Edwin Patey, Pacific |
4 March 1857 | 13 July 1857 | Mate in President, commanded by Captain Charles Frederick, Pacific |
24 August 1857 | 2 April 1858 | Mate in Diadem, commanded by Captain William Moorsom, Channel squadron |
11 May 1858 | 26 August 1858 | Mate in Diadem, commanded by Captain William Moorsom, Channel squadron |
27 August 1858 | 2 September 1860 | Lieutenant in Diadem, commanded by Captain William Moorsom then Captain James Horsford Cockburn, Channel squadron, then West Indies, then Channel Squadron again |
3 September 1860 | 27 April 1863 | Lieutenant in Ariel, commanded by Commander John Richard Alexander, Cape of Good Hope |
2 December 1863 | 13 June 1867 | Commander (2ic) in Resistance, commanded by Captain William Charles Chamberlain then Captain Henry Shank Hillyar, Channel squadron then (December 1863), Mediterranean |
21 October 1867 | 8 April 1868 | Commander in Boscawen, training ship, Portland |
1869 | 1870 | Slave Trade section of the Foreign Office |
1 October 1870 | 17 February 1872 | Captain in Forte (until paying off at Sheerness), flagship of Rear-Admiral James Horsford Cockburn, East Indies |
19 November 1872 | 12 June 1873 | Naval attache to Sir Bartle Frere's mission to the Sultan of Zanzibar |
9 October 1873 | 5 March 1874 | Private secretary to George Joachim Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty |
6 July 1874 | 23 June 1877 | Captain in Volage, south-east coast of America (senior officer) |
24 June 1877 | 30 August 1877 | Additional Captain in Fisgard |
31 August 1877 | 30 August 1880 | Captain in Britannia, training ship for Naval cadets (including Princes Albert Victor and George), Dartmouth |
1 January 1882 | 11 January 1884 | Captain in Monarch, Mediterranean (including bombardment of Alexandria, and in command of the Naval and Marine forces occupying Port Said) |
1 February 1887 | 10 September 1889 | Commander-in-chief, Australia |
26 October 1889 | 9 May 1892 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (Second Naval Lord) |
10 May 1892 | 27 May 1895 | Commander-in-chief, Channel squadron, flag in Royal Sovereign (being acquitted by Court-martial after Howe stranded on an uncharted rock entering Ferrol harbour on 2 November 1892) |
10 June 1899 | 28 March 1900 | Commander-in-chief, Devonport |