Appointments and promotions of James Francis Ballard Wainwright, 1846-1869.

Appointments and promotions of James Francis Ballard Wainwright:

(1) Appointment as gunnery lieutenant on HMS CONSTANCE (1846), given by command of Captain Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, dated 15 September 1846.
(2) Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty appointment as commander on HMS WINCHESTER (1822), dated 19 March 1852.
(3) Certificate of appointment as captain of HMS CALLIOPE (1837), given by command of the Hon. Sir Fleetwood B.R. Pellew, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, dated 2 November 1853.
(4) Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty appointment as captain of HMS CALLIOPE (1837), for rank only, dated 30 March 1854.
(5) Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty appointment as captain of HMS LEOPARD (1850), dated 28 April 1857.
(6) Appointment as naval officer in charge of the Naval and Victualling Establishments and the Naval Hospital at Bermuda, dated 20 September 1864.
(7) Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty promotion to the rank of rear-admiral, dated 26 July 1869.

Record Details

Item reference: ADL/Z/63/1; MS1970/017 MSS/70/017
Catalogue Section: Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 folder
Date made: 1846-1869
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London