About Charles Hillyar
Lived 1817 – 1888 (aged 70–71). Charles Hillyar was a naval officer.
Admiral Sir Charles Farrell Hillyar (bapt. 19 December 1817 – 14 December 1888) was a Royal Navy admiral who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station.
Naval career The son of Admiral Sir James Hillyar, Charles Hillyar joined the Royal Navy in 1831. Promoted to captain in 1852, he commanded HMS Gladiator in the Black Sea during the Crimean War. He commanded HMS Queen from 1859 and HMS Octavia from 1865.
Hillyar became Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and Cape of Good Hope in 1865, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1872 and Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1877. He was promoted to rear-admiral in 1867, vice-admiral in 1873 and admiral in 1878. He retired in 1882.
Hillyar was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1869 Birthday Honours and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1887 Golden Jubilee Honours.
Hillyar lived at Torre House at Torpoint in Cornwall.
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British Royal Navy admiral (1817-1888)
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Charles Hillyar was born in 1817 in Totnes.
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Charles Hillyar died on 14 December 1888 in Torpoint.
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