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Phillimore was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 25 March, 1863 and was promoted quite soon thereafter to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 14 July, 1864.{{NLOct78|p. 47}}
 
Phillimore was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 25 March, 1863 and was promoted quite soon thereafter to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 14 July, 1864.{{NLOct78|p. 47}}
  
Appointed in command of the wooden paddle sloop [[H.M.S. Sphinx (1846)|''Sphinx'']] o12 May, 1870.<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/13/372.|D7587002}} f. ?.</ref>
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Appointed in command of the wooden paddle sloop [[H.M.S. Sphinx (1846)|''Sphinx'']] on 12 May, 1870.<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/13/372.|D7587002}} f. ?.</ref>
  
 
Phillimore was superseded in command of the wooden paddle sloop [[H.M.S. Sphinx (1846)|''Sphinx'']] on 17 November, 1873.<ref>Letter from Phillimore in Hampshire Archives, cited by Edmund Phillimore in email dated 20201008.</ref><ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/13/372.|D7587002}} f. ?.</ref>
 
Phillimore was superseded in command of the wooden paddle sloop [[H.M.S. Sphinx (1846)|''Sphinx'']] on 17 November, 1873.<ref>Letter from Phillimore in Hampshire Archives, cited by Edmund Phillimore in email dated 20201008.</ref><ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/13/372.|D7587002}} f. ?.</ref>

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Admiral (retired) Henry Bouchier Phillimore, C.B. (25 October, 1833 – 1893) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Phillimore was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 28 June, 1854.[1]

Phillimore was promoted to the rank of Commander on 25 March, 1863 and was promoted quite soon thereafter to the rank of Captain on 14 July, 1864.[2]

Appointed in command of the wooden paddle sloop Sphinx on 12 May, 1870.[3]

Phillimore was superseded in command of the wooden paddle sloop Sphinx on 17 November, 1873.[4][5]

He was placed on the Retired List at his own request in August 1875.

Phillimore was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 8 April, 1880.[6]

Phillimore was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 24 May, 1887.[7]

Phillimore was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 5 April, 1892.[8]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
James W. East
Naval Officer in Charge, Ascension
4 Nov, 1876[9]
Succeeded by
Arthur G. R. Roe

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (December, 1862). p. 343.
  2. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 47.
  3. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/13/372. f. ?.
  4. Letter from Phillimore in Hampshire Archives, cited by Edmund Phillimore in email dated 20201008.
  5. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/13/372. f. ?.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1881). p. 47.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 419.
  8. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/13/372. f. ?.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1877). p. 237.