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Allegiance
  
Name
  
Henry Chads

Rank
  
Admiral

Years of service
  
1832 - 1884

Service/branch
  

Died
  
30 June 1906Southsea, Hampshire

Commands held
  
HMS PortlandHMS AmphionHMS ConwayHMS NileHMS LondonNore Command

Admiral Sir Henry Chads KCB (1819 – 30 June 1906) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.

Born the son of Admiral Sir Henry Ducie Chads, Henry Chads joined the Royal Navy in 1832 and went on to take part in operations against Malay pirates in the Strait of Malacca.

Promoted to Captain in 1848, he commanded HMS Portland, HMS Amphion, HMS Conway, HMS Nile and then HMS London. He was appointed Captain-Superintendent of Deptford Dockyard in 1863 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1876 before retiring in 1884.

He lived at Portland House in Southsea and there is a memorial to him in St Judes Church in Portsmouth.

References

Henry Chads Wikipedia


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