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unusual facts about Admiral of the Red



Sir George Honyman, 4th Baronet

His father, Sir Ord Honyman, 3rd Baronet, born 25 March 1794, became lieutenant-colonel commanding the Grenadier Guards 27 December 1850, and died at Nice 27 January 1863, having married, 7 April 1818, Elizabeth Essex, youngest daughter of George Bowen of Coton Hall, Shropshire, an Admiral of the Red.


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Julian Corbett Prize in Naval History

1935 C. Northcote Parkinson, Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, Admiral of the Red, London: Methuen & Co., 1934.

Volant Vashon Ballard

Ballard was made a Companion of the Bath in 1815 and obtained his flag rank (rear-admiral) in May 1825 reaching Rear-Admiral of the Red by seniority before his death at his home in Cavendish Terrace, Walcot near Bath on 12 October 1832.