Admiral Sir Charles Farrell Hillyar KCB

Order of the Bath

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 (1817 – 14 December 1888) was a Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 admiral who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station

China Station

The China Station was a historical formation of the British Royal Navy. It was formally the units and establishments responsible to the Commander-in-Chief, China....

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Naval career

Born the son of Admiral Sir James Hillyar

James Hillyar

Admiral Sir James Hillyar KCB KCH was a prominent British Royal Navy officer of the early nineteenth century, who is best known for his service in the frigate HMS Phoebe during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812...

, Charles Hillyar joined the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 in 1831. Promoted to Captain

Captain (naval)

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 in 1852, he commanded HMS Gladiator in the Black Sea

Black Sea

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 during the Crimean War

Crimean War

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. He commanded HMS Queen

HMS Queen (1839)

HMS Queen was a 110-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 May 1839 at Portsmouth. She was initially ordered in 1827 under the name Royal Frederick, but was renamed on 12 April 1839 while still on the stocks in honour of the recently enthroned Queen Victoria...

 from 1859 and HMS Octavia from 1865.

He became Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and Cape of Good Hope

East Indies Station

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 in 1865, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station

Pacific Station

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 in 1872 and Commander-in-Chief, China Station

China Station

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 in 1877. He retired in 1882.

He lived at Torre House at Torpoint

Torpoint

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 in Cornwall

Cornwall

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