GOODENOUGH, JAMES GRAHAM, third son of Edmund Goodenough (KS 1797, qv); b. 3 Dec 1830; adm. 9 Jun 1841 (G); left Whitsun 1844; entered Royal Navy 7 May 1844; Lieut. 23 Jun 1851; Commander 26 Feb 1858; Capt. 9 May 1863; served in Baltic during Crimean War 1854-6, and in Chinese wars 1857-8, 1860-1; went to North America to report on naval gunnery 1862-4; on French Peasant Relief Fund 1870-1; naval attaché, Maritime Courts of Europe 1871-3; Commodore, Australian Station, from 22 May 1873; CMG and CB 24 May 1873; his Journal during his last command was edited by his widow, 1876; m. 31 May 1864 Victoria Henrietta, eldest dau. of William John Hamilton FRS MP; d. of tetanus on board HMS Pearl 20 Aug 1875, from a wound at Santa Cruz caused by a poisoned arrow. DNB.
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