Thomas Miller R.N.
Thomas Miller R.N.
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Thomas Miller R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Thomas Miller of Glenlee (c1781-1827) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
29 November 1819 | | Born (Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland) |
26 June 1856 | | Married firstly Anne Julia (c1833-1874), daughter of Dr Patrick Miller (c1783-????) |
5 September 1878 | | Married secondly Eliza Mary Anne (1854, married to Robert John Henry, divorced 1860, died 1892), daughter of Henry Forster |
22 April 1899 | | Died |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
1833 | Entered Navy |
22 July 1844 | Lieutenant |
23 August 1847 | Commander |
16 May 1855 | Captain |
6 April 1873 | Rear-Admiral |
21 March 1878 | Vice-Admiral |
9 September 1879 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
30 October 1884 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
7 June 1839 | 1 April 1840 | Mate in Vanguard, commanded by Captain Thomas Fellowes, Mediterranean |
7 October 1840 | 22 September 1841 | Mate in Britannia, commanded by Captain John Drake, Lisbon and the Mediterranean |
23 September 1841 | 6 January 1842 | Mate in Powerful, commanded by Captain Michael Seymour, Mediterranean |
13 January 1842 | 17 February 1842 | Mate in Carysfort, commanded by Captain George Paulet, Pacific |
18 February 1842 | 29 August 1844 | Mate in |
20 August 1844 | 14 March 1846 | Lieutenant in Agincourt, commanded by Captain Henry William Bruce, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas John Cochrane (Bruce's brother-in-law), East Indies |
15 March 1846 | 11 July 1846 | Lieutenant in Vixen, commanded by Commander George Giffard, East Indies |
1 January 1847 | 27 October 1847 | Lieutenant in Caledonia, commanded by Captain Manley Hall Dixon, Devonport |
13 June 1849 | 25 October 1851 | Commander in Ranger, west coast of Africa |
27 November 1852 | 2 April 1853 | Commander (2ic) in Penelope, commanded by Captain Henry Lyster, west coast of Africa |
3 April 1853 | 25 April 1855 | Commander in Crane, west coast of Africa |
23 June 1859 | 29 August 1863 | Captain in Clio (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness), Pacific |
7 April 1865 | 8 April 1868 | Captain in Royal George, Coast Guard, Kingstown (and in July 1867 to Spithead for Royal Review on the occasion of the visit of the Ottoman Sultan to Britain) |
4 April 1869 | 11 June 1869 | Captain in Agincourt, Sheerness |
12 June 1869 | 30 June 1870 | Captain in Pembroke, flagship of Richard Laird Warren, Sheerness |