Bartholomew Sulivan
KCB Bartholomew Sulivan | |
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Birth name | Bartholomew James Sulivan |
Born | Mylor, Cornwall, England | November 18, 1810
Died | January 1, 1890 | (aged 79)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Rank | Admiral |
Battles/wars | Crimean 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
KCB in the June 1869 Birthday Honours.[3]
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
- ISBN 9781466573871. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ 1871 England Census
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "No. 8047". The Edinburgh Gazette. 5 April 1870. p. 399.
- ^ "Early Cartographers maps". ShipStamps. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
External links
- Works by or about Bartholomew Sulivan at Internet Archive
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). John Murray – via Wikisource. . .
- Book Life and letters of the late Admiral Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan, K. C. B., 1810–1890, published in 1896, available online
External links
Media related to Bartholomew James Sulivan at Wikimedia Commons