Geoffrey Hornby
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby GCB was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, he saw action at the capture of Acre in November 1840 during the Egyptian–Ottoman War. As a ca
Sir Geoffrey Hornby in 1895
The frigate HMS Liverpool, Hornby's flagship as Commander-in-Chief of the Flying Squadron
Lordington House, Hornby's home in West Sussex
Phipps Hornby
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Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, was a Royal Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Hornby served on frigates throughout most of his wartime experience, which included witn
Geoffrey Hornby
…Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet, President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and finally Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. Born the son of Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby and Sophia Maria Hornby (daughter of General John Burgoyne), Hornby was educated at Winwick Grammar School and Southwood's School in Plymouth and joined…
HMS Volage (first from right), which Hornby commanded at the Battle of Lissa in 1811