Charles Hillyar

Admiral Sir Charles Farrell Hillyar KCB (bapt. 19 December 1817[1] – 14 December 1888) was a Royal Navy admiral who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station.

Sir Charles Hillyar
Born1817
Totnes, Devon
Died14 December 1888
Torpoint, Cornwall
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1831–1882
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Gladiator
HMS Queen
HMS Octavia
East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station
Pacific Station
China Station
Battles/warsCrimean War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

The son of Admiral Sir James Hillyar, Charles Hillyar joined the Royal Navy in 1831. Promoted to captain in 1852, he commanded HMS Gladiator in the Black Sea during the Crimean War. He commanded HMS Queen from 1859 and HMS Octavia from 1865.[2]

Hillyar became Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and Cape of Good Hope in 1865, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1872 and Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1877. He retired in 1882.[2]

Hillyar lived at Torre House at Torpoint in Cornwall.[3]

See also
  • O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Hillyar, Charles Farrell" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

References
  1. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538–1975
  2. William Loney RN
  3. Obituary: Admiral Sir Charles Hillyar The Illustrated London News, 14 July 1888
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