Person Richards; Sir; George Henry (1820 - 1896) Richards George Henry Sir 1820 - 1896 British Male Antony, Cornwall, England 13 January 1820 Bath, Somerset 14 November 1896

10 Westbourne Terrace Road, London (1865); The Admiralty, Whitehall (1865)

Career: Entered the Royal Navy on board HMS Rhadamanthus (1833); midshipman in expedition to the West Indies (1835); served in the first Chinese War; Lieutenant (1842); employed on the survey of New Zealand, then returned to England (1852); volunteered for the continuing search for Franklin; Captain (1854); employed to survey Vancouver Island (1856-1863), returning via the Western Pacific and Australia, thus completing his third circumnavigation of the globe; Hydrographer to the Admiralty (for 10 years); Rear Admiral (1870); retired (1876); Vice Admiral (1877); Admiral (1884); Managing Director, Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (for 20 years, until his death); suffered from sciatica Honours: CB 1871; Kt 1877; KCB 1886 Parents: Captain G S Richards RN Royal Society roles: VP 1868-1870, 1872-1873, 1876-1877, 1886-1888 Fellow 07/06/1866 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB (MP) Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1896-1897 vol 60 pp xxxii-xxxv signed by W J L W International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 13 Jan 1820 - 14 Nov 1896 NA6282 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 25/03/2024 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/39693396 b3642a79-4c5f-406a-8319-2ac118e9810c