Bartholomew Sulivan

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Bartholomew Sulivan
Birth nameBartholomew James Sulivan
Born(1810-11-18)November 18, 1810
Mylor, Cornwall, England
DiedJanuary 1, 1890(1890-01-01) (aged 79)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
Battles/warsCrimean War

Admiral Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan,

hydrographer
. He was a leading advocate of the value of nautical surveying in relation to naval operations.

Sulivan was born at Mylor, Cornwall, near Falmouth,[2] the son of Rear Admiral Thomas Ball Sulivan.[3]

His early career included service under

Galapagos Islands was named after him. From 1842 to 1846 he commanded HMS Philomel on the South American Station and surveyed the Falkland Islands.[3]

He was the commander of the combined Anglo-French fleet at the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado which took place on 20 November 1845.[4]

During the

vice-admiral in 1870, and admiral in 1877.[3][5] After Robert FitzRoy killed himself in 1865, leaving his wife and daughter destitute, Sulivan convinced the British government to provide them with £3,000, to which Charles Darwin contributed another £100 of his own money.[3]

He received a

The Falkland Islands issued a set of stamps in 1985 for "Early Cartographers maps", the ship Philomel is featured on the fourth in set, 54p stamp along with a portrait of Admiral Sir B. J. Sulivan K.C.B.[6]

References

  1. . Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  2. ^ 1871 England Census
  3. ^ a b c d e Laughton, J. K.; Lambert, Andrew (23 September 2004). "Sulivan, Sir Bartholomew James (1810–1890)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
  4. ^ Sulivan, Henry Norton (1896). The Life and Letters of Admiral Sir B.J. Sulivan K.C.B. John Murray. pp. 52–70. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. ^ "No. 8047". The Edinburgh Gazette. 5 April 1870. p. 399.
  6. ^ "Early Cartographers maps". ShipStamps. Retrieved 4 August 2018.

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