Edward Fanshawe

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Admiral

Sir Edward Fanshawe
Born27 November 1814
Stoke, Devon
Died21 October 1906 (1906-10-22) (aged 91)
Allegiance Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Service/branch Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy
Rank Admiral
Commands held HMS Cruizer
HMS Daphne
HMS Cossack
HMS Hastings
HMS Centurion
HMS Trafalgar
North American Station
Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Portsmouth Command
Battles/wars Oriental Crisis
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Edward Gennys Fanshawe, GCB (27 November 1814 – 21 October 1906) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. He was a gifted amateur artist, with much of his work in the National Maritime Museum, London.

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Born the eldest surviving son of General Sir Edward Fanshawe, [1] and the nephew of Admiral Sir Arthur Fanshawe, Fanshawe was educated at the Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth where he came second from the top in a very talented year and was commended for both his artistic and writing ability. [2] Fanshawe joined the Royal Navy in 1828. [3] During the Oriental Crisis of 1840 he took part in the capture of Acre. [3] He was subsequently given command of HMS Cruizer and then HMS Daphne. [3]

August 1849 Edward Gennys Fanshawe sketch of Susan Young, the only surviving Tahitian woman on Pitcairn Island Edward Gennys Fanshawe, Susan Young, The only surviving Tahitian woman, Pitcairn's (Island), Augt 1849.jpg
August 1849 Edward Gennys Fanshawe sketch of Susan Young, the only surviving Tahitian woman on Pitcairn Island
Ancient tower at Cloyne in County Cork. Painted by Fanshawe in 1856. Edward Gennys Fanshawe, Ancient tower at Cloyne, Feby 1856 (Ireland).jpg
Ancient tower at Cloyne in County Cork. Painted by Fanshawe in 1856.

He took part in the Crimean War as captain of HMS Cossack. [3] Later he commanded HMS Hastings, HMS Centurion and then HMS Trafalgar. [3] He suffered some health problems from the 1850s, which curtailed his Mediterranean command of HMS Centurion. [2]

He was made Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard in 1861, Third Naval Lord in 1865 and Superintendent of Malta Dockyard in 1868. [3] He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, North American Station in 1870, Admiral President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1875 and Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1878. [3] He retired in 1879. [3]

From the early 1850s he and his family lived at Rutland Gate in London. [4] He later moved to 63 Eaton Square and finally to 75 Cromwell Road in Kensington, where he died on Trafalgar Day 1906. [2]

Family

Fanshawe's marriage to Jane Cardwell took place in early 1843; she was the sister of Edward (later Lord) Cardwell, a notable politician and, as Secretary of State for War under William Gladstone in the 1860s, instigator of the 'Cardwell Reforms' of the British Army. [2]

They had four sons and a daughter, including:

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References

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Military offices
Preceded by Third Naval Lord
1865–1866
Succeeded by
Preceded by Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard
1868–1870
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Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station
1870–1873
Succeeded by
Preceded by President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich
1875–1878
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Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
1878–1879
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