MORESBY

Sir Fairfax (son of Fairfax Moresby of Lich field). b. Calcutta 1787; entered navy 21 Dec. 1799; commander of the Wizard brig 18 April 1811; served at siege of Trieste Oct. 1813; Knight of order of Maria The res a 23 May 1814; captain 7 June 1814; organized the colony of Algoa Bay 1820; commanded the Pembroke in the Mediterranean 1837–40, and the Canopus on the home station 1845–8; R.A. 20 Dec. 1849; commander-in-chief in the Pacific 21 Aug. 1850 to 17 Aug. 1853; V.A. 12 Nov. 1856, admiral 12 April 1862, admiral of the fleet 21 Jany. 1870; D.C.L. Oxford 1854; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 5 July 1855, G.C.B. 28 March 1865. d. Bronwylfa near Exmouth 21 Jany. 1877.