Joseph Langtry
Appearance
Captain Joseph Miller Langtry (b. May 1, 1805, Aldingbourne, Sussex – d. February 14, 1862, Southampton, Hampshire) Royal Navy captain who happened to be born in the very same year as the Battle of Trafalgar; an event which marked not only the history of his own country but the history of his very own life when years later, as a young adult he chose to devote his own life to serving as an officer in the Royal Navy. He left the academy as a young lieutenant on October 2 1827, commanded many ships, and was promoted to the rank of captain by Captain Goldsmith of HMS Wellesly on July 4 1859.[1]
- HMS Albion, December 12 1827 - December 19 1828
- HMS Ramillies, October 16 1829 - February 15 1830
- HMS Talybont, February 16 1830 - May 2 1831
- HMS Englander, August 7 1835 - December 8 1835
- HMS Pylades, March 25 1836 - December 13 1836
- HMS Hercules, October 6 1837 - September 30 1840
- HMS Donegal, October 1 1840 - September 22 1841
- HMS Britannia, September 23 1841 - December 24 1841
- Inspecting Commander of Coast Guard, May 8 1847 - May 8 1852
- Agent for Transports, September 10 1855 - March 21 1856
- HMS Blenheim, June 18 1856 - June 30 1856
- HMS Wellesly, June 30 1856 - December 11 1859