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Henry St Leger Bury Palliser (22 June 1839 – 17 March 1907) was a

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officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station.

Naval career

Palliser was appointed a Commander in the

in 1869. In 1882 he was offered a map purporting to show the location on the

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of gold and silver looted from the ''Mary Dear'' but, despite looking, he never found anything. Following promotion to

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in 1878, he was given command of HMS ''Victory'' in 1891. He was appointed Commodore-in-Charge, Hong Kong from December 1891 to June 1893. He was next appointed Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1896. He was placed on the retired list in June 1899, and promoted to

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on 13 July 1899. Promoted to full admiral on the Retired list in 1904, he died in 1907. He was buried at Everton Church in

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.The Times, 20 March 1907

References

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