Geoffrey Hornby, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Geoffrey Hornby

British admiral

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1825

Place of Birth: Winwick, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 03-Mar-1895

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac 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 arrived at Vancouver Island with a naval brigade and found that a unit of American troops was about to take over the San Juan Islands in a dispute known as the Pig War: he 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.