Rochfort Maguire
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Rochfort Maguire
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Rochfort Maguire, Naval Commander by Stephen Pearce
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| Born | 18 June 1815 |
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| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
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 Royal Navy |
| Rank | Commodore |
| Commands held | HMS Plover HMS Sans Pareil HMS Impérieuse HMS Chesapeake HMS Galatea Australia Station |
| Battles/wars | Oriental Crisis |
Commodore Rochfort Maguire (Died 29 June 1867) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Captain of HMS Plover from 1852 to 1853 during the Franklin Search Expedition.
Biography
Maguire joined the Royal Navy in 1830.[1] He came to notice when he was wounded in action in 1840 at Sidon whilst serving on HMS Wasp under Sir Charles Napier.[2] He was mentioned in despatches and as a result he was promoted to Lieutenant on HMS Vernon in the Mediterranean.[2] Maguire was assigned to the Franklin search expedition. They sailed out of Plymouth, England in 1848 on a mission to find the lost remains of John Franklin's Northwest Passage Expedition of 1845. Maguire was made Captain of HMS Plover from 1852 to 1854.[1] Promoted to Captain in 1855, he was given command of HMS Sans Pareil, HMS Impérieuse, HMS Chesapeake and then HMS Galatea.[1] He became Commander-in-Chief, Australian Station in 1866 before retiring the following year on health grounds. He died in Haslar in June 1867.[1]
References
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- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "
Maguire, Rochfort". A Naval Biographical Dictionary. John Murray. Wikisource.
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| Preceded by | Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station 1866–1867 |
Succeeded by Rowley Lambert |
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 William Loney RN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rochfort Maguire, Spink.com. accessed August 2009
