Global Information Lookup Global Information

William Henry Shirreff information


Rear-Admiral

William Henry Shirreff
Born4 April 1785
Died1 December 1847
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1796–1847
RankRear-Admiral of the Blue
Commands heldHMS La Fama
HMS Lily
HMS Barrosa
HMS Andromache
HMS Warspite
Captain-Superintendent, Deptford
Captain-Superintendent, Chatham
Admiral-Superintendent, Portsmouth
Battles/wars
  • French Revolutionary Wars
  • Napoleonic Wars
    • West Indies campaign

William Henry Shirreff (baptised 4 April 1785[1] – 1 December 1847)[2] was a British Royal Navy officer, captain of HMS Andromache, HMS Barrosa, HMS Warspite, and HMS Gibraltar. He had six children four of whom were daughters. He had two notable daughters, Maria Georgina Grey and Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff, who transformed the education of British women. He retired as Rear-Admiral of the Blue.

  1. ^ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference obyrne-1849 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

and 17 Related for: William Henry Shirreff information

Request time (Page generated in 0.864 seconds.)

William Henry Shirreff

Last Update:

William Henry Shirreff (baptised 4 April 1785 – 1 December 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer, captain of HMS Andromache, HMS Barrosa, HMS Warspite...

Word Count : 389

Emily Shirreff

Last Update:

born to Rear-Admiral William Henry Shirreff (1785–1847) and Elizabeth Anne Shirreff. She was very close to her sister Maria Shirreff (later Grey), with...

Word Count : 1486

British Pacific Squadron

Last Update:

Staines 1814–15 Captain John Fyffe 1815–16 Captain William Bowles 1817–18 Captain William Henry Shirreff 1818–21 Commodore Thomas Masterman Hardy 1821–22...

Word Count : 178

Jane Shirreff

Last Update:

Jane Shirreff (1808-1883) was a British soprano opera singer. She was described as America's "most admired prima donna between the days of Mrs. Wood and...

Word Count : 1944

Maria Georgina Grey

Last Update:

Georgina Shirreff was born on 7 March 1816 in Blackheath, London. She was the third daughter of Admiral William Henry and Elizabeth Anne Shirreff. Out of...

Word Count : 1904

Nova Scotia Council

Last Update:

(father of Henry Newton) William Skene William Shirreff Peter Boudre Paul Mascarene William Skene Alexander Cosby John Adams William Shirreff Erasmus James...

Word Count : 1236

Lochleven Castle

Last Update:

(1296–1357). In the latter part of the 14th century, the castle was granted to William Douglas, 1st Earl of Douglas, by his uncle. It remained in the Douglases'...

Word Count : 2586

Dalhousie University

Last Update:

Governors: John Crosbie, Myra Freeman, Clarence Gosse, John Keiller MacKay, Henry Poole MacKeen, John Robert Nicholson, Fabian O'Dea, and Albert Walsh. Twelve...

Word Count : 7723

List of British generals and brigadiers

Last Update:

General Sir Horatio Shirley (1805–1879) Lieutenant-General William Shirley General Sir Richard Shirreff Major-General Stephen Shoosmith Major-General James Henderson...

Word Count : 35055

Livingston Island

Last Update:

Cape Shirreff. During December 1819 William Smith was back with his ship to the South Shetlands. This time he was chartered by Captain William Shirreff, British...

Word Count : 7603

Scott Monument

Last Update:

Stevenson, John Hutchison, George Anderson Lawson, Thomas Stuart Burnett, William Shirreffs, Andrew Currie, George Clark Stanton, Peter Slater, Amelia Robertson...

Word Count : 1426

Sarah Siddons

Last Update:

the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century. Contemporaneous critic William Hazlitt dubbed Siddons as "tragedy personified". She was the elder sister...

Word Count : 5332

William Mossman

Last Update:

under his father, Carlo Marochetti, John Thomas, and William Behnes. He in turn trained William Shirreffs whilst tutoring at the Glasgow School of Art. He...

Word Count : 431

List of race horse trainers

Last Update:

Sherman John Shirreffs Bill Shoemaker Richard Small James W. Smith Robert Augustus Smith Evert V. Snedecker J. Bert Sonnier Albert Stall Jr. William Ward Stephens...

Word Count : 2051

Cyanotype

Last Update:

filters through moving sand, shells, and water currents. Canadian Erin Shirreff translates her sculptural interests into large-scale cyanotype photograms...

Word Count : 6332

National Liberal Club

Last Update:

News, No. 55 (November 2008), pp. 8–9. Plaque in the NLC smoking room. Shirreff, David. Euromoney. London: October 1996., Iss. 330; p. 16. "4 Wounded in...

Word Count : 21290

Fanny Hertz

Last Update:

the Female Mind: The Shirreff Sisters, Educational Reform, and the Women's Movement. Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-20644-3. Henry James (15 October 2014)...

Word Count : 615

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net