Richard Dunning White R.N.
Richard Dunning White R.N.
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| Richard Dunning White R.N. | Explanation |
| Youngest son of Admiral Thomas White |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 16 August 1813 | | Born |
| 20 May 1881 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) |
| 28 July 1899 | | Died (Heavitree, Exeter) |
| Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
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| Date | Rank |
| 15 April 1826 | Entered Navy |
| 5 November 1840 | Lieutenant |
| 28 August 1847 | Commander |
| 10 May 1856 | Captain |
| 19 January 1874 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
| 1 February 1879 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 15 December 1840 | 16 January 1841 | Lieutenant in Princess Charlotte, commanded by Captain Arthur Fanshawe, Mediterranean |
| 17 January 1841 | 17 April 1841 | Lieutenant in Implacable, commanded by Captain Edward Harvey, Mediterranean |
| 18 April 1841 | 16 August 1843 | Lieutenant in Vanguard, commanded by Captain David Dunn, Mediterranean and off Lisbon |
| 13 October 1843 | 6 January 1847 | Lieutenant in Sealark, commanded by Commander Thomas Lewis Gooch, west coast of Africa |
| 7 January 1847 | 27 August 1847 | Acting Commander in Sealark, west coast of Africa |
| 28 August 1847 | 25 September 1847 | Commander in Sealark (until paying off at Chatham), west coast of Africa |
| 1 July 1850 | 11 May 1853 | Commander in Cygnet (until paying off at Portsmouth), coast of Africa |
| 6 January 1855 | 15 May 1856 | Commander in Desperate, the Baltic during the Russian War |
| 16 September 1859 | 1 June 1863 | Captain in Madagascar, storeship, Rio de Janeiro |
| 26 May 1865 | 23 February 1867 | Captain in Cossack (until paying off at Sheerness), Mediterranean |
| 28 September 1867 | 11 January 1869 | Captain in Mersey, flagship, Queenstown |