John Charles Dalrymple-Hay ( 1821 - 1912 )

Birth: Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland (11 February 1821) Death: 28 January 1912 Career: Entered the Royal Navy (1834); served of the Cape in the 1st Kaffir War; served in the Syrian War (1839-1842); commanded at Tortosa (1840), off the coast of China (1849) and in the Black Sea during the Crimean War; also served in North America and the West Indies; Rear Admiral (1866); Vice Admiral (1872); Admiral (1878); Privy Councillor and MP; Lord of the Admiralty (1866-1869) Honours: CB 1869; KCB 1885; GCB 1902 Memberships: FRGS Membership: Fellow Election Date: 2/06/1864.