Career
Entered Navy, 1845; served on West. Coast of Africa, 1845-1848, 1854-1857, 1863-1866, in suppressing slave-trade. Commander, 1861, for operations on River Gambia. Captain 1866; in charge of Ascension Island, 1866.
In command of Naval Brigade in Ashantee War (severely wounded), 1874.
Companion of the Bath 1874. Aide-de-camp 1879-1884.
In command of North. Division of Mediterranean fleet at Alexandria, 1882. Commander-in-Chief of Cape and West. Coast of Africa Station, 1885-1888.
Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard, 1888-1891.
President Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1894-1897. Cartulary-register 1882. J. P. Hampshire.