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Sir Edward Gennys Fanshawe, (27 November 1814 – 21 October 1906) was a

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officer who went on to be

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. He was a gifted amateur artist, with much of his work in the

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, London.

Naval career

Born the eldest surviving son of General Sir Edward Fanshawe, 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.''Admiral Sir Edward Gennys Fanshawe GCB'', published 1904 Fanshawe joined the

in 1828. During the Oriental Crisis of 1840 he took part in the capture of

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. He was subsequently given command of and then . Edward Gennys Fanshawe, Susan Young, The only surviving Tahitian woman, Pitcairn's (Island), Augt 1849

He took part in the

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as captain of . Later he commanded , and then . He suffered some health problems from the 1850s, which curtailed his

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command of HMS ''Centurion''. He was made Superintendent of

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in 1861, Third Naval Lord in 1865 and Superintendent of

Malta Dockyard Malta Dockyard was an important naval base in the Grand Harbour in Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. The infrastructure which is still in operation is now operated by Palumbo Shipyards. History Pre-1800 The Knights of Malta established dockyard ...

in 1868. He went on to be

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in 1870, Admiral President of the

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in 1875 and

in 1878. He retired in 1879. From the early 1850s he and his family lived at Rutland Gate in London. He later moved to 63 Eaton Square and finally to 75 Cromwell Road in

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, where he died on

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1906.

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

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under

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in the 1860s, instigator of the '

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' of the

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. They had four sons and a daughter, including: * Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Cardwell Fanshawe, of the

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, who married in 1900 Alice Drew, daughter of Colonel George Drew, CB. * Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe (1847–1936), whose son

Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe Captain Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe (30 March 1882 – 19 June 1962) was a Royal Navy officer who also served as Unionist Party (Scotland) MP for Stirling and Clackmannan Western from 1924 to 1929. Naval career Fanshawe was born in Falmouth to Cap ...

also became a Royal Naval

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. * Alice Fanshawe

References

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Family

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