PREEDY

George William (son of Robert Preedy of Hampton, Worcesters hire). b. 1817; entered the royal navy 12 Nov. 1828; served in West Indies 1828–34; commander 10 Feb. 1853; served in Duke of Wellington in the Baltic 1854–5, and commanded gun boats in bombardment of Sveaborg; captain 29 Sept. 1855; commanded the Agamemnon and was concerned in laying the first transatlantic cable 1857–8; C.B. civil 22 Sept. 1858, C.B. military 2 June 1869; received captain’s good service pension 1867; put on retired list 1 April 1870; vice-admiral 30 Jany. 1879. d. Park house, Budleigh Salter ton 30 May 1894. The Times 6 June 1894 p. 10.