Sir Henry Byam Martin (1803-1865)

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Sir Henry Byam Martin

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth6.1803W025
First Known Service8.10.1816W025
FatherODNB
Last Known Service15.6.1864W025
Date of Death9.2.1865W025

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
8.10.1816		Entered the Royal Naval College	W025
20.3.1823		Lieutenant	W025
8.4.1825		Commander	W025
3.1826	28.4.1827	Parthian (10) 1808-1828 British 10 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
28.4.1827		Captain	W025
21.11.1836		Carysfort (26) 1836-1861 British 26 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	W025
1840		Appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath	W025
15.11.1845		Tremendous (74) 1784-1807 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	W025
15.11.1845		Tremendous (74) 1811-1897 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1845 Renamed "Grampus" , Captain, and Commanding Officer	W025
2.2.1853	25.2.1854	Duke of Wellington (131) 1852-1904 British 131 Gun 1st Rate Screw Ship of the Line , Commodore, and Commanding Officer	W025
13.7.1854		Rear-Admiral	W025
1855		Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath	W025
7.11.1860		Vice-Admiral	W025
15.6.1864		Admiral	W025

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

ODNBOxford University Press, Web Site

W025P. Davis, Web Site

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