George William Preedy R.N.
George William Preedy R.N.
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| George William Preedy R.N. | Explanation |
| Son of Robert Preedy, of Hampton, Worcestershire |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 1817 | | Born |
| 27 September 1858 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath), civil |
| 1869 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath), military |
| 30 May 1894 | | Died (Budleigh Salterton) |
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| Date | Rank |
| 12 November 1828 | Entered Navy |
| 10 June 1844 | Lieutenant |
| 10 February 1853 | Commander |
| 29 September 1855 | Captain |
| 1 January 1874 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
| 30 January 1879 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 10 February 1853 | | Commander (2ic) in Duke of Wellington |
| 4 March 1854 | | Commander (2ic) in Duke of Wellington, commanded by George Thomas Gordon, flagship of Vice-Admiral Charles Napier, the Baltic during the Russian War |
| 31 March 1858 | 1 September 1858 | Captain in Agamemnon, laying the first Transatlantic cable (initiated 16 August 1858, but stopped working only a couple of weeks later) |
| 1 November 1858 | 17 July 1862 | Captain in Liffey (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), Channel squadron, then (July 1859) the Mediterranean, then (March 1862) the West Indies |
| 12 January 1864 | 20 April 1866 | Captain in Hector (from commissioning at Portsmouth), Channel squadron |
| June 1866 | 27 October 1866 | Captain in Cumberland, guard ship of the steam reserve, Sheerness |
| 26 October 1866 | | Captain in Royal Adelaide, Devonport, flag-ship of the Port Admiral |
