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William Henry Shirreff

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Philippa Levine, 'Grey , Maria Georgina (1816–1906)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2005
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in protection of the British interests in the region and in support of local independence movement against
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In 1810, he married Elizabeth Murray, the oldest daughter of the lawyer and Member of Parliament
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From January to November 1830 he was the captain of Admiral Thomas Baker's flagship the 76 gun
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From October 1812 until he invalided in July 1814, Shirreff commanded the frigate
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Shirreff was born in 1785 and he joined the Royal Navy on 1 January 1796.
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in March 1819. Later that year Shirreff chartered Smith's brig, the
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authority in the early 19th century when he was advised by Captain
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Below the Convergence: Voyages Toward Antarctica, 1699-1839
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on board with the mission to survey and map the new lands.
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From 10 September 1817 until September 1821 he commanded
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The Peerage of the British Empire as at Present Existing
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on the coast of North America and in the West Indies.
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Index

Rear-Admiral
United Kingdom
Royal Navy
Rear-Admiral of the Blue
HMS La Fama
HMS Lily
HMS Barrosa
HMS Andromache
HMS Warspite
Captain-Superintendent, Deptford
Captain-Superintendent, Chatham
Admiral-Superintendent, Portsmouth
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
West Indies campaign
Royal Navy
HMS Andromache
HMS Barrosa
HMS Warspite
HMS Gibraltar
Maria Georgina Grey
Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff
Rear-Admiral of the Blue
David Murray
Alexander Murray, 7th Lord Elibank
South America
Spanish
William Smith
South Shetland Islands
Edward Bransfield

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