George Wellesley
| Sir George Wellesley | |
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Admiral Sir George Wellesley
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| Born | 2 August 1814 |
| Died | 6 April 1901 (aged 86) London, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1828–1879 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
First Naval Lord North America and West Indies Station Channel Squadron Indian Navy HMS Cornwallis HMS Daedalus |
| Battles/wars |
Oriental Crisis Crimean War |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir George Greville Wellesley, GCB (2 August 1814 – 6 April 1901) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he took part in the capture of Acre during the Oriental Crisis in 1840 and, as Captain of HMS Cornwallis in the Baltic Fleet, he took part in the Bombardment of Sveaborg in August 1855 during the Crimean War. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the North America and West Indies Station and then Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Squadron but was relieved of the latter post by a court-martial after an incident in which an armoured frigate, which had been under his command at the time, ran aground at Pearl Rock off Gibraltar in July 1871. He was appointed First Naval Lord in November 1877 and in that capacity he secured a considerable increase in naval construction, for example on the Colossus class battleships, although some of these ships were of doubtful quality.
Born the son of Gerald Valerian Wellesley (brother of the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington) and Lady Emily Mary (daughter of Charles Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan), Wellesley joined the Royal Navy in 1828. After initial training at the Royal Navy College at Portsmouth and promotion to lieutenant on 22 April 1838, he was posted to the first-rate HMS Princess Charlotte in the Mediterranean Fleet. He transferred to the fifth-rate HMS Castor in March 1939 and took part in operations on the coast of Syria taking part in the capture of Acre in November 1840 during the Oriental Crisis. He joined the fifth-rate HMS Thalia on the East Indies Station in November 1841 and, having been promoted to commander on 16 April 1842, he transferred to the brig HMS Childers also on the East Indies Station.
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