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Authorised form of nameHall; Sir; William Hutcheon (c 1797 - 1878)
Datesc 1797 - 1878
NationalityBritish
Date of birthc. 1797
Place of deathLondon
Date of death25 June 1878
ActivityCareer:
Enter Royal Navy (1811); served under George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington (FRS 1817); was employed on steamboats on the Hudson and Delaware Rivers (1836-1839); served in the Chinese War (1840-1843); Rear Admiral (1863); Vice Admiral (1869); Admiral (1875)
Honours:
CB 1855; KCB 1867
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election22/04/1847
RelationshipsMarried (1845) Hilaire Caroline, daughter of George Byng, 6th Viscount Torrington (FRS 1817) (she died 1889)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
DNB gives birth date as circa 1797; Boase gives 1800.
CodeNA6339
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1847/17Hall, Sir William Hutcheon: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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