Sydney Dacres
Sir Sydney Colpoys Dacres | |
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James Richard Dacres (cousin) |
Early career
Dacres was born in 1804, the son of Captain, later Vice-Admiral,
Sydney joined the Royal Navy in 1817 at the age of 12, and after serving for ten years, was promoted to lieutenant on 5 May 1827, initially aboard the 46-gun HMS Blonde under Captain Edmund Lyons.[6] On 18 October Lieutenant Dacres was involved in an attack on the Turkish forces at Morea, during the Greek War of Independence. He and other lieutenants from Blonde, working in company with French naval forces, landed guns and helped to build batteries.[7]
Dacres was promoted to commander on 28 August 1834, being appointed to his first command, the paddle
Senior command
Dacres then moved ashore, becoming Captain-Superintendent of the
Dacres became a
Family and personal life
Dacres married Emma Lambert on 1 October 1840 at St Pancras New Church.[4] She gave birth to a son at Batheaston on 3 December 1845.[26] This was followed by the birth of a daughter on 10 January 1849 at Bath. His daughter Minna Winifred married, as her second husband, Admiral Sir John Ommanney Hopkins.[27][28] Sydney Dacres died on 8 March 1884.[29]
See also
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). John Murray – via Wikisource. . .
- List of British recipients of the Légion d'Honneur for the Crimean War
Notes
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1883). The peerage, baronetage, and knightage of the British Empire : for 1882. Westminster [London, Eng.]: Nichols and Sons. p. 710. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ 1881 England Census
- ^ a b Tracy. Who's who in Nelson's Navy. p. 109.
- ^ a b Burke (1841). Annual Register. p. 139.
- ^ Tracy. Who's who in Nelson's Navy. p. 108.
- ^ Eardley-Wilmot. Life of Vice-Admiral Edmund, Lord Lyons. p. 37.
- ^ Marshall. Royal Naval Biography. p. 387.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6997. Retrieved 31 December 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine. 1847. p. 540.
- ^ The Admiralty (1852). THE NEW NAVY LIST. p. 246.
- ^ House of Commons. Parliamentary Papers. p. 250.
- ^ Lambert. The Crimean War. p. 195.
- ^ "No. 21743". The London Gazette. 10 July 1855. p. 2654.
- ^ "No. 21996". The London Gazette. 1 May 1857. p. 1573.
- ^ The Admiralty (1856). The Navy List. p. 199.
- ^ "No. 22157". The London Gazette. 29 June 1858. p. 3090.
- ^ 1861 Census of England
- ^ The Son of an Old Naval Officer. Captain Coles and the Admiralty. p. 15.
- ^ "No. 22952". The London Gazette. 28 March 1865. p. 1731.
- ^ "No. 23042". The London Gazette. 24 November 1865. p. 5690.
- ^ "No. 23137". The London Gazette. 13 July 1866. p. 3985.
- ^ "No. 23603". The London Gazette. 1 April 1870. p. 2006.
- ^ "No. 23739". The London Gazette. 20 May 1871. p. 2473.
- ^ "No. 23925". The London Gazette. 3 December 1872. p. 6104.
- ^ "No. 24053". The London Gazette. 13 January 1874. p. 136.
- ^ Dodsley (1846). Annual Register. p. 210.
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1914). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (76th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2349.
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine. 1849. p. 198.
- ^ "No. 25372". The London Gazette. 1 July 1884. p. 3027.
References
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6997. Retrieved 21 September 2007. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Tracy, Nicholas (2006). Who's who in Nelson's Navy: 200 Naval Heroes. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-244-5.
- Lambert, Andrew D. (1991). The Crimean War: British Grand Strategy, 1853-56. Manchester University Press ND. ISBN 0-7190-3564-3.
- Annual Register. Vol. 82. London: F. J. F. & J. Rivington.
- Dodsley, James (1846). Annual Register. Vol. 87. London: F. & J. Rivington.
- Urban, Sylvanus (1847). Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. 182. London: F. Jefferies.
- Urban, Sylvanus (1849). Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. 1856. London: F. Jefferies.
- Allen, Joseph (1852). The New Navy List and General Record of the Service of Officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. London: Parker, Furnivall and Parker.
- The Navy List. Vol. 186. London: H.M. Stationery Office. 1856.
- The Son of an Old Naval Officer (1866). Captain Coles and the Admiralty: With an Inquiry into the Origin and Qualities of the Turret System of Armour-Clad War Vessels. Longmans, Green, and Co.
- House of Commons (1855). Parliamentary Papers. Vol. 9, pt. 2. HMSO.
- Marshall, John (1829). Royal Naval Biography, Or, Memoirs of the Services of All the Flag-officers, Superannuated Rear-admirals, Retired-captains, Post-captains, and Commanders, Whose Names Appeared on the Admiralty List of Sea Officers at the Commencement of the Present Year, Or who Have Since Been Promoted. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green.