Day Bosanquet

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Naval career

Born in Alnwick in Northumberland, Bosanquet joined the Royal Navy in 1857.[1] He was present at the taking of Canton.[2]

He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1899, and served as such until June 1902,[3] when he returned home, and was promoted to vice-admiral on 1 July 1902.[4] Two years later he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station in 1904 and Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1907.[1] He retired from this post and the Royal Navy on 23 March 1908.[5]

From February 1909 to March 1914, Bosanquet served as Governor of South Australia.[1]

Personal life

He was a major landholder around Llanwarne, Herefordshire in England, living at Brom-y-clos. Bosanquet's daughter Beatrice Mary (b. 1881, d. 1 Sept, 1957) married Vice-Admiral Sir Raymond Fitzmaurice in 1919. Bosanquet died at Newbury, Berkshire on 28 June 1923.[1]

Honours

File:Ord.St.Michele-Giorgio.png Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) 1914[6]
File:Royal Victorian Order UK ribbon.png Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) 1907[7]
File:Order of the Bath UK ribbon.svg Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) 1905[8]
File:Second China War Medal Ribbon.png Second China War Medal with clasps "Canton 1857", "Taku Forts 1858" 1861
File:PRU Roter Adlerorden BAR.svg Order of the Red Eagle, 1st Class Prussia
File:SVE Svärdsorden BAR.svg Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword Sweden

See also

References

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  1. ↑ a b c d P. A. Howell, 'Bosanquet, Sir Day Hort (1843–1923)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bosanquet-sir-day-hort-5298/text8941, published first in hardcopy 1979, Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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