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Sir Henry Denham
Henry Mangles Denham (1849)
by Charles Baugniet
Born28 August 1800 (1800-08-28)
Died3 July 1887 (1887-07-04) (aged 86)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1812–1871
RankVice Admiral
Commands heldHMS Avon
HMS Herald
Pacific Station
AwardsCompanion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Map of the Shark Bay area of Western Australia, surveyed by Denham.

Vice Admiral Sir Henry Mangles Denham (28 August 1800 – 3 July 1887) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station.

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Henry Mangles Denham

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Admiral Sir Henry Mangles Denham (28 August 1800 – 3 July 1887) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station. Denham joined...

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HMS Herald

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and renamed in 1824. She served as a survey ship under Henry Kellett and Henry Mangles Denham and was sold in 1864. HMS Herald (1890) was a paddle river...

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Denham Bay

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the Denham Bay caldera, which was formed some 2,200 years ago by a massive volcanic eruption. Denham Bay was named for Captain Henry Mangles Denham of...

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List of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1839

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Arthur Conolly Charles Darwin Edward Davies Davenport Henry Mangles Denham Richard Drew Henry Drummond Arthur Farre Thomas William Fletcher William James...

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Raoul Island

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Sunday Island, a name which was subsequently in common usage. Captain Henry Mangles Denham of HMS Herald charted the island in 1854. The last regular occupants...

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Minerva Reefs

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and the South-west Pacific, 1852-1861 under the Command of Captain Henry Mangles Denham, Melbourne, Miegunyah Press, 1995, pp.76-77. Robert J. King, “Putting...

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William Grant Milne

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MacGillivray, who left the ship in 1855 after a dispute with Captain Henry Mangles Denham. Milne, the discoverer of several plants, including the rare New...

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Great Barrier Reef

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Price Blackwood in HMS Fly, Owen Stanley in the Rattlesnake, and Henry Mangles Denham in the Herald led to considerable navigational improvements, as they...

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First Fleet

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the Command of Captain Henry Mangles Denham. Miegunyah Press. ISBN 978-0-522-84390-3. Parsons, Vivienne (1966). "Ball, Henry Lidgbird (1756–1818)". Australian...

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Chesterfield Islands

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1800 m long but no more than 100 m across and 9 m high. In May 1859 Henry Mangles Denham found Long Island was "a heap of 'foraminifera' densely covered with...

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Lundy

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implicated in the murder of Henry Clement, a messenger of Henry III. Three years later, an attempt was made to kill Henry III by a man who later confessed...

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Melicope denhamii

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family Rutaceae. It is named for the 19th century Royal Navy captain Henry Mangles Denham. Melicope denhamii grows up as a shrub or tree up to 25 metres (80 ft)...

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Seru Epenisa Cakobau

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The Vunivalu of Bau, lithograph portrait in the possession of Henry Mangles Denham, c. 1858....

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Elizabeth Reef

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and the South-West Pacific 1852-1861 under the command of Captain Henry Mangles Denham / Andrew David, Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press...

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John MacGillivray

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left the voyage early in 1855, having been dismissed by the captain Henry Mangles Denham. He had become a hopeless drunkard, and when he died, alone in a...

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European and American voyages of scientific exploration

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served as a survey ship under Henry Kellett and Henry Mangles Denham and was sold in 1864. Captain: Henry Mangles Denham (1800–1887) Naturalists: John...

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Collared whipsnake

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and the Southwest Pacific 1852–1861 under the command of Captain Henry Mangles Denham. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. Worrell, E., 1963. Reptiles...

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Meryta denhamii

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the plant Meryta denhamii in honour of Henry Mangles Denham, captain of Herald, for whom also the town of Denham, Western Australia was named. Rare in...

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Princess Royal Harbour

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1802, Jules Dumont d'Urville in 1826, John Lort Stokes in 1848, and Henry Mangles Denham in 1858. The harbour was less than two metres deep until it was dredged...

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Charles Gepp Robinson

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March 1829 to April 1835 he served in various ships as assistant to Henry Mangles Denham surveying the coasts of Wales and western England. He then took command...

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Listed buildings in Fleetwood

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The Lower Lighthouse (1840), designed by Decimus Burton and engineered by Henry Mangles Denham...

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1945 Birthday Honours

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Grey, OBE, employed in a Department of the Foreign Office. Captain Henry Mangles Denham, RN, Naval Attaché to His Majesty's Legation at Stockholm. Maberly...

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