13 February 1892(1892-02-13) (aged 100) Funtington, England
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Years of service
1795–1892
Rank
Admiral of the Fleet
Commands held
HMS Snipe HMS Niemen HMS Madagascar Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar South East Coast of America Station
Battles/wars
War of 1812 Pastry War
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Signature
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Provo William Parry Wallis, GCB (12 April 1791 – 13 February 1892) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, following the capture of USS Chesapeake by the frigate HMS Shannon during the War of 1812, the wounding of HMS Shannon's captain and the death of her first lieutenant in the action, he served as the temporary captain of HMS Shannon as she returned to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with Chesapeake.
As commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS Madagascar, Wallis earned the thanks of the people of Veracruz in Mexico when he protected them from French bombardment during the Pastry War. He went on to be Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar, and then Commander-in-Chief on the South East Coast of America Station. Wallis was promoted to senior flag officer positions and was still carried on the active list at 100 years old when he died.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Provo William Parry Wallis, GCB (12 April 1791 – 13 February 1892) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, following the...
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marine fire support if needed. Wallis Heights, Nova Scotia, and ProvoWallis St. is named after Nova Scotian ProvoWallis Stadacona is the indigenous name...
Mindham, who used his own neckerchief. One of Shannon's lieutenants, ProvoWallis, believed that Broke's three assailants were probably British deserters...
[the bone] penetrated for at least three inches in length." Lieutenant ProvoWallis, a Nova Scotian, took command of Shannon as the frigate and her prize...
CCGS Bartlett is a ProvoWallis-class buoy tender in operation by the Canadian Coast Guard. The vessel entered service in 1969 and was modernized in 1988...
Kingdom 1867–1869 Succeeded by Sir ProvoWallis Preceded by Sir George Sartorius Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom 1869–1870 Succeeded by Sir ProvoWallis...
Harbour (1813). The captain of the Shannon was injured, and Nova Scotian ProvoWallis took command of the ship to escort the Chesapeake to Halifax. Many of...
until 1837. Townshend married Elizabeth, daughter of Provo Featherstone Wallis and sister of ProvoWallis, on 13 June 1813. He died in June 1842, aged 56....
Baxter Langley, radical political activist (born 1819) 13 February – Sir ProvoWallis, Admiral of the Fleet (born 1791) 16 March – Edward Augustus Freeman...
November 1841, he then served as Mate aboard HMS Warspite under Captain ProvoWallis and HMS St Vincent (then the flag-ship of Sir Charles Rowley) on the...
1812 William Grant Stairs, Captain, the Stairs Expedition to Katanga ProvoWallis, War of 1812 Major Augustus F. Welsford, Crimean War George Augustus...
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Royal Navy