29 November 1786 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died
21 January 1877 (aged 90) Exmouth, Devon
Buried
St Margaret and St Andrew's Church, Littleham
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Years of service
1799 - 1870
Rank
Admiral of the Fleet
Commands held
HMS Eclair HMS Acorn HMS Wizard HMS Menai HMS Pembroke HMS Canopus Pacific Station
Battles/wars
French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Relations
Rear Admiral John Moresby (son), L. Adams Beck (granddaughter)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Fairfax Moresby GCB (29 November 1786 – 21 January 1877) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he took part in the unsuccessful expedition to capture Ferrol in Spain during the French Revolutionary Wars. He later saw action during the blockade of Brest during the Napoleonic Wars before becoming commanding officer of a sloop which was sent to the Aegean Sea to defend the population of Malta from pirates; the grateful people presented him with a sword. He then sailed to the Adriatic Sea where he led a naval brigade providing artillery support to the Austrian forces during the siege of Trieste. He went on to be senior naval officer at the Cape of Good Hope and then senior officer at Mauritius, with orders to suppress the slave trade: he concluded the Moresby Treaty with Seyyid Said, the imam of Muscat, restricting the scope of local slave trading and conferring on English warships the right of searching and seizing local vessels.
Moresby later became Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Station. His main responsibility was to protect British commercial interests in Valparaíso in the face of unrest among the people of Chile. He also took an interest in Pitcairn Islands at this time and planned the emigration of the islanders to Norfolk Island.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir FairfaxMoresby GCB (29 November 1786 – 21 January 1877) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he took part in the unsuccessful...
Navy Captain John Moresby in 1873. It was named in honour of his father, Admiral of the Fleet Sir FairfaxMoresby. Although Port Moresby is surrounded by...
site of Port Moresby. Moresby was born in Allerford, Somerset, England, the son of Eliza Louisa and Admiral of the Fleet Sir FairfaxMoresby. He joined...
miles) under the island. Moresby Island is named for Rear Admiral FairfaxMoresby of the Royal Navy, as is the smaller Moresby Island in the Gulf Islands...
Robert Moresby was a son of Mr FairfaxMoresby of Lichfield, Staffs, late of India, where FairfaxMoresby had practised as a lawyer. FairfaxMoresby and...
The Moresby Treaty was an anti-slavery treaty between Sayyid Said, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and FairfaxMoresby, senior officer of Mauritius, on behalf...
Succeeded by Henry Chads Honorary titles Preceded by Sir William Bowles Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom March 1869–July 1869 Succeeded by Sir FairfaxMoresby...
Preceded by Sir FairfaxMoresby Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom 1869–1870 Succeeded by Sir William Hope-Johnstone Preceded by Sir FairfaxMoresby Vice-Admiral...
5 miles long by 3 miles wide, with a sand and clay seafloor at Fairfax Harbor-Moresby Harbor. Base construction started on June 20, 1943 with the arrival...
for FairfaxMoresby, former Commander-in-Chief of Pacific Station at Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard. Prior to her acquisition by Canada, Moresby served...
Islands John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich Moresby Island Canada FairfaxMoresbyMoresby Island Canada FairfaxMoresby Moreton Island Australia James Douglas...
Navy Dockyard Notable ships President Engagements Siege of Petropavlovsk Commanders Notable commanders George Seymour, FairfaxMoresby, Thomas Maitland...
this time, the ship's name had already been changed to Moresby. to honour Admiral FairfaxMoresby. The vessel was deployed as part of the Grand Fleet, joining...
Name Date of birth Date of death FairfaxMoresby Mitchell Quintal 31 July 1851 after 1910 John Moresby Acland Quintal 28 June 1853 after 1910 Henry Stephen...
command of HMS Monmouth. He was a descendant of Admiral of the Fleet FairfaxMoresby. White was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, and at the Nautical...
Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe (Admiralty M class) HMS Christopher: Lt Cdr FairfaxMoresby Kerr HMS Acasta: Lt Cdr John Ouchterlony Barron This force of high-speed...
Returning to England in 1842, he married Ellen Mary Moresby, daughter of Rear Admiral Sir FairfaxMoresby in October of that year. Thereafter he prolonged...
himself. He greatly impressed Rear Admiral Sir FairfaxMoresby, who visited the island in 1852. Moresby supported an application by Nobbs to be sanctioned...
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