Admiral Sir Edward Fanshawe | |
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Born | 27 November 1814 Stoke, Devon |
Died | 21 October 1906 | (aged 91)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | Royal Navy |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands | HMS Cruizer HMS Daphne HMS Cossack HMS Hastings HMS Centurion HMS Trafalgar North American Station Royal Naval College, Greenwich Portsmouth Command |
Battles / wars | Oriental Crisis |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir Edward Gennys Fanshawe, GCB (27 November 1814 – 21 October 1906) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. He was a gifted amateur artist, with much of his work in the National Maritime Museum, London.