| Authorised form of name | McClintock; Sir; Francis Leopold (1819 - 1907) |
| Surname | McClintock |
| Forenames | Francis Leopold |
| Dates | 1819 - 1907 |
| Dates and places | Birth:
Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland (08 July 1819)
Death:
London (17 November 1907)
Burial:
Kensington cemetery, Hanwell, Middlesex |
| Activity | Career:
Entered the Royal Navy (1831); Lieutenant (1845); served in the 'Enterprise', under James Clerk Ross (FRS 1828) (1848), and under Sir Erasmus Ommaney (FRS 1868) on Arctic voyages; Commander (1851); Captain (1854); comanded the 'Fox' and brought the definite news of the fate of Sir John Franklin's expedition; Rear Admiral (1871); Vice Admiral (1877); Admiral (1884);
Honours:
Kt 1860; KCB 1891 |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
01/06/1865 |
| Relationships | Son of Henry McClintock of the 3rd Dragoon Guards, and his wife Elizabeth Melasina, daughter of the Ven George Fleury DD, Archdeacon of Waterford; married (1870) Annette Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Foster Dunlop of Monasterboice, county Louth |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1907-1908 vol 80 pp xxiii-xxix signed by C R M |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/36981255 |
| Royal Society code | NA1600 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| MC/6 | Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1859-1863 |
| EC/1865/11 | McClintock, Sir Francis Leopold: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/Maull/002860 | McClintock, Sir Francis Leopold | nd |
| MC/5 | Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1851-1858 |
| IM/002861 | McClintock, Sir Francis Leopold | nd |
| NLB/9/780 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClinktock, Fellow of the Royal Society | 12 July 1894 |
| NLB/19/188 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Admiral Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, Fellow of the Royal Society | 10 July 1899 |
| NLB/36/608 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Messrs Harrison & Sons] | 20 November 1907 |
| NLB/36/621 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Henry F McLintock, 16 Queensberry Place, S.W. | 21 November 1907 |
| NLB/37/480 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Sir George Goldie, KCMG, Fellow of the Royal Society, Queen Anne's Mansions, Westminster, SW | 25 March 1908 |
| NLB/37/504 | Copy letter from the Royal Society to H J McClintock, 16 Queensberry Place, Cromwell Road, SW | 31 March 1908 |
| NLB/37/417 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor [Joseph] Larmor, Secretary of the Royal Society | 16 March 1908 |
| NLB/19/233 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, Fellow of the Royal Society | 13 July 1899 |
| NLB/19/143 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr John Scott Keltie, Royal Geographical Society | 29 June 1899 |
| PT/69/15 | Paper, 'Results of hourly observations of the magnetic declination made by Sir Francis Leopold McClintock and the officers of the yacht Fox at Port Kennedy in the Arctic Sea in the winter of 1858-1859: and a comparison of these results with those obtained by Captain Rochford [Rochfort] Maguire and the officers of the H M [Her Majesty's] Ship Plover in 1852, 1853 and 1854 at Point Barrow' by Major General Edward Sabine | [1863] |
| PT/69/15/1 | Manuscript, 'Results of hourly observations of the magnetic declination made by Sir Francis Leopold McClintock and the officers of the yacht Fox at Port Kennedy in the Arctic Sea in the winter of 1858-1859: and a comparison of these results with those obtained by Captain Rochford [Rochfort] Maguire and the officers of the H M [Her Majesty's] Ship Plover in 1852, 1853 and 1854 at Point Barrow' by Major General Edward Sabine | [1863] |
| PT/69/15/2 | Plate, 'Magnetic disturbances' by Gen [Edward] Sabine | December 1863 |
| MC/5/286 | Letter from F L [Francis Leopold] McClintock, Captain, Royal Navy, Arctic Discovery Yacht Fox, Aberdeen, to W [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society | 11 June 1857 |
| MC/6/35 | Letter from F L [Francis Leopold] McClintock, Captain, Royal Navy, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, Burlington House | 22 September 1859 |
| MC/6/93 | Letter from W G [William Govett] Romaine, Admiralty, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 12 June 1860 |