Sir George Wellesley | |
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 Admiral Sir George Wellesley | |
| Born | 2 August 1814 |
| Died | 6 April 1901 (aged 86) London, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1828–1879 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | 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.