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| Earl of Clanwilliam (Richard James Meade) R.N. | Explanation | ||
| ('Spy' cartoon). | |||
| Eldest son of Richard Charles Francis Meade, third Earl of Clanwilliam and Baron Gillford in the Irish peerage and Baron Clanwilliam in the peerage of the United Kingdom. | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 3 October 1832 | Born | ||
| 29 December 1857 | Landed with the naval brigade before Canton, severely wounded in the storming of Canton. | ||
| 17 June 1867 | Married Elizabeth Henrietta, eldest daughter of Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy, GC.M.G., governor of Queensland. | ||
| 1872 | Aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria. | ||
| June 1877 | C.B. (Companion of the Bath). | ||
| 7 October 1879 | Succeeded as 4th Earl of Clanwilliam. | ||
| 3 March 1882 | K.C.M.G. (Knight Commander of St Michael and St George). | ||
| 21 June 1887 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath). | ||
| May 1895 | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) | ||
| 4 August 1907 | Died (Badgemore, Henley-on-Thames) | ||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 17 November 1845 | Entered Navy | ||
| 12 September 1852 | Lieutenant | ||
| 26 February 1858 | Commander | ||
| 22 July 1859 | Captain | ||
| 31 December 1876 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 26 July 1881 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 2 June 1886 | Admiral | ||
| 22 February 1895 | Admiral of the Fleet | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 17 December 1852 | Lieutenant in Impérieuse, commanded by Rundle Burges Watson, frigate, senior officer's ship of the advanced squadron in the Baltic, in which he served during the whole of the Russian War | ||
| 1856 | 4 September 1856 | Lieutenant and commander in Bustard | |
| 4 September 1856 | 14 April 1857 | Lieutenant in Raleigh, commanded by Henry Keppel, East Indies and China, (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) (until wrecked near Macaw when the ship struck an uncharted rock; all saved) | |
| August 1857 | Lieutenant in Calcutta, commanded by William King Hall, flagship of Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour | ||
| 26 February 1858 | 14 July 1859 | Commander in Hornet (until paying off at Portsmouth), East Indies and China | |
| 17 March 1862 | 16 May 1866 | Captain in Tribune (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), Pacific | |
| 2 November 1868 | December 1871 | Captain in Hercules (from commissioning), Channel squadron | |
| 1 January 1872 | 5 March 1874 | Captain in Asia, flagship of Rear-Admiral Francis Leopold McClintock, Admiral Superintent, Portsmouth | |
| 4 May 1874 | 12 May 1880 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (Junior Naval Lord) | |
| 8 September 1880 | 6 December 1881 | Commander-in-chief, Detached Squadron, flag in Inconstant (until invalided) | |
| 25 August 1885 | 4 September 1886 | Commander-in-chief, North America and West Indies | |
| 22 June 1891 | 22 June 1894 | Commander-in-chief, Portsmouth | |
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