"Admiral Hornby" redirects here. For other uses, see Admiral Hornby (disambiguation).
Admiral of the Fleet
Sir Geoffrey Hornby
Sir Geoffrey Hornby
Born
(1825-02-10)10 February 1825 Winwick, Lancashire
Died
3 March 1895(1895-03-03) (aged 70) Lordington House, Sussex
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Years of service
1837–1895
Rank
Admiral of the Fleet
Commands held
Portsmouth Command Royal Naval College, Greenwich Mediterranean Fleet Channel Squadron Flying Squadron West Africa Squadron HMS Edgar HMS Neptune HMS Tribune
Battles/wars
Egyptian–Ottoman War Pig War
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Relations
Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby (father) James John Hornby (brother) Edmund Phipps-Hornby (son)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby GCB (10 February 1825 – 3 March 1895) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, he saw action at the capture of Acre in November 1840 during the Egyptian–Ottoman War. As a captain, he was assigned to Vancouver Island with a naval brigade where he found a unit of United States troops ready to take over the San Juan Islands in a dispute that became known as the Pig War. Hornby used his powers of diplomacy to facilitate a peaceful handover of the islands to the United States.
Hornby went on to be Commander-in-Chief, West Africa Squadron, Commander-in-Chief of the Flying Squadron and then Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron. After that he became Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet, President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and finally Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.
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Hugh Talbot Burgoyne, VC. Another grandchild of Burgoyne, Admiral GeoffreyHornby was notable in helping to avert a war between the United States and...
unmarried, and then to the Phipps Hornby family. The house was modified and extended by Admiral of the Fleet Sir GeoffreyHornby who died there in March 1895...
and a full admiral before his death in 1867. Hornby was born in 1785, the 5th son of Rev. GeoffreyHornby (1750–1812), of Scale Hall, near Lancaster in...
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Malta Dockyard 1878–1879 Succeeded by John McCrea Preceded by Sir GeoffreyHornby President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich 1882–1885 Succeeded by Sir...
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1849) March 2 – Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841) March 3 – GeoffreyHornby, British admiral (b. 1825) March 9 – Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian...
Global Information
United Kingdom
Royal Navy