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SHIRREFF, WILLIAM HENRY, only son of Gen. William Shirreff, and Margaret --- (IGI); bapt. Old Alresford, Hampshire 4 Apr 1785 (IGI); in school list 1795; entered Royal Navy as 1st cl. Volunteeer 1 Jan 1796; Lieut., 3 Mar 1804; Commander 5 Mar 1806; Capt., 15 Nov 1809; Rear-Adm. 9 Nov 1846; served at blockade of Brest, in the West Indies, North America and at Gibraltar; Captain Superintendent, Deptford Apr 1838 – Aug 1841, Chatham Aug 1841 – Nov 1846, and of Portsmouth from 30 Sep 1847; m. 28 Jun 1810 Elizabeth, eldest sister of David Rodney Murray (qv); d. 30 Nov 1847, aged 62.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.