Lord John Hay (Royal Navy officer, born 1827), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lord John Hay (Royal Navy officer, born 1827)

British navy officer and politician born 1827

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1827

Place of Birth: Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Date of Death: 04-May-1916

Profession: politician, naval officer

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Admiral of the Fleet Lord John Hay, (23 August 1827 – 4 May 1916) was a Royal Navy officer and politician.
After seeing action in 1842 during the First Opium War, he went ashore with the Naval Brigade and took part in the defence of Eupatoria in November 1854 and the Siege of Sevastopol in Spring 1855 during the Crimean War.
He also took part in the Battle of Taku Forts in August 1860 during the Second Opium War.
As a politician, he became Member of Parliament for Wick and later for Ripon.
He was sent to the Mediterranean in July 1878 to take control of Cyprus and to occupy it in accordance with decisions reached at the Congress of Berlin.
In a highly political appointment, he was made First Naval Lord in March 1886 when the Marquis of Ripon became First Lord of the Admiralty but had to stand down just five months later when William Gladstone's Liberal Government fell from power in August 1886.



Alternative names	Singe, Ape
Description	Italian artist and caricaturist
Date of birth/death	25 March 1839	22 January 1889
Location of birth/death	Capua	London
Work location	London
Authority control	: Q935877 VIAF: 91408204 ISNI: 0000 0001 1684 9584 ULAN: 500106277 LCCN: n94116782 NLA: 35070756 WorldCat