Herbert Frederick Winnington-Ingram

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Herbert Frederick Winnington-Ingram (* 1820 ; † 1889 ) was a British Rear Admiral .

Life

Herbert Frederick Winnington-Ingram was the youngest son of Reverend Edward Winnington-Ingram (* 1785) and his wife Jane (née Onslow). This in turn was a son of Edward Winnington, 2nd Baronet and had added Ingram to the family name in 1817.

Winnington-Ingram served in the Royal Navy . In 1833 he entered the Royal Naval College in Portsmouth . From February 1835 he served on the HMS Actaeon under the command of Captain Edward Russell . From 1838 to 1840 he was a midshipman on the HMS Talbot under the command of Captain Henry Codrington . In 1840 Winnington-Ingram was promoted to mate on this ship and a short time later to sub-lieutenant . He later served on HMS L'Aigle under the command of Captain Clarence Paget . Further stations in his career included the HMS Raleigh , on which he served as a lieutenant , the HMS Inconstant and the HMS Boscawen , where he served as first lieutenant on both of the latter . In 1858 he was given command of the HMS Argus . From 1866 to 1869 he commanded the supply ship HMS Egmont , which was anchored in the port of Rio de Janeiro during this time . He lived there with his family and returned to England in 1869. In 1871 he retired. From 1885 to 1889 he published occasional articles in the Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine . In 1889 he published his autobiography Hearts of Oak .

Winnington-Ingram married Catherine Twining († 1910) in 1856. Several children were born from the marriage. Rear Admiral Charles William Winnington-Ingram and the Bishop of London Arthur Winnington-Ingram were his nephews.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage (1931)
  2. ↑ a b c Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1995)
  3. ^ A b John Venn, JA Venn [eds.]: Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge. From the earliest Time to 1900. Volume 2: From 1752 to 1900. Part 3: Gabb - Justamond (2011)
  4. ↑ a b Hearts of Oak (p. 4, 1889)
  5. ↑ Hearts of Oak (p. 3, 1889)
  6. ↑ [1]
  7. ^ Raleigh Trevelyan: Princes Under the Volcano: Two Hundred Years of a British Dynasty in Sicily (2012)
  8. ↑ a b Hearts of Oak (p. 25, 1889)
  9. ↑ Hearts of Oak (p. 33, 1889)
  10. ↑ Hearts of Oak (p. 86, 1889)
  11. ↑ Hearts of Oak (p. 116, 1889)
  12. ↑ Hearts of Oak (p. 142, 1889)
  13. ↑ Hearts of Oak (p. 172, 1889)
  14. ↑ a b c Hearts of Oak (page 219, 1889)
  15. ↑ Hearts of Oak (p. 234, 1889)
  16. ↑ a b Hearts of Oak (preface, 1889)
  17. ^ William Matthews: British Autobiographies: An Annotated Bibliography of British Autobiographies Published Or Written Before 1951 (1984)
  18. ^ Melville Henry Massue : The Plantagenet roll of the blood royal; being a complete table of all the descendants now living of Edward III, King of England (1905)
personal data
SURNAME Winnington-Ingram, Herbert Frederick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Rear Admiral
DATE OF BIRTH 1820
DATE OF DEATH 1889