Richard James Meade R.N.
Richard James Meade R.N.
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |