Geoffrey Hornby
British admiral
Died when: 70 years 21 days (840 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby GCB (10 February 1825 – 3 March 1895) 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 captain, he was assigned to Vancouver Island with a naval brigade where he found a unit of United States troops ready to take over the San Juan Islands in a dispute that became known as the Pig War.
Hornby used his powers of diplomacy to facilitate a peaceful handover of the islands to the United States.Hornby went on to be Commander-in-Chief, West Africa Squadron, Commander-in-Chief of the Flying Squadron and then Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron.
After that he became Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet, President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and finally Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.
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