Albert Denison

Rear-Admiral Albert Denison Somerville Denison (4 October 1835 – 2 September 1903) was an officer in the British Royal Navy who served in China during the Second Opium War and received a medal for his service.

Early life Albert Denison was born on 4 October 1835, the second son of Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough, and the Hon. Henrietta Weld-Forester (a daughter of the 1st Baron Forester). He had a brother, Harold Albert Denison. He had two other daughters, Ivy, who married Herbert Guy Sturges Mitchison, and Lily, who married Reginald Marsh Everett. Both were also declared Honourable on the same basis as Daisy. He was mate and subsequently acting lieutenant on the sloop 1856–59 when she served off China in the Second Opium War, being promoted to acting lieutenant in 1857 in consideration of successful operations against "Mandarin junks" in the Canton River and the attack on the fort and junk fleet at Fatsham Creek. He received the second China War Medal and clasp. In 1869 he was commander of at the China station and in 1873 he was promoted to captain. He was placed on the retired list with the rank of captain in 1881 and subsequently promoted to the rank of rear admiral.