For other people with similar names, see Robert McClure (disambiguation).
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Sir
Robert McClure
CB
Robert McClure in a portrait by Stephen Pearce (1858)
Birth name
Robert John Le Mesurier McClure
Born
(1807-01-28)28 January 1807 Wexford, Wexford, Ireland
Died
17 October 1873(1873-10-17) (aged 66) Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Resting place
Kensal Green Cemetery
Branch
Royal Navy
Service years
1824–1873
Academy
Sandhurst Military Academy
Rank
Vice-admiral
Wars
Second Opium War
Expeditions
McClure Arctic Expedition
Awards
Royal Geographical Society's Patron's Medal (1854)
Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations (1855)
Companion of the Order of the Bath (1859)
Spouse(s)
Constance Tudor
(m. 1869)
Relations
John Elgee (grandfather)
Vice-Admiral Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClureCB (28 January 1807 – 17 October 1873) was an Irish explorer who explored the Arctic. In 1854 he traversed the Northwest Passage by boat and sledge, and was the first to circumnavigate the Americas.[1]
^Lee, Sidney, ed. (1893). "McClure, Robert John Le Mesurier" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 35. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 4–5.
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