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Earl English (18 Feb 1824
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migration:
Crosswicks, Burlington County, New Jersey -
Washington, D.C. |
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EARL ENGLISH - bio
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| Navel officer Earl English was born 18 February 1824 in Crosswicks, New Jersey. By the
year 1840 he was appointed midshipman from his native state
of New Jersey and was attached to the line battle ship Columbus until December of that year and was then ordered to the frigate Constellation making the cruise
to the East Indies and around the world, arriving home in 1844.
He was attached to the Princeton on gun practice in 1844-1845 and studied at the Navel Academy
for a year graduating in 1846. Earl English was then ordered
to the frigate Independence and was employed on the Pacific station during the Mexican War.
Subsequently, he made a years cruise in the West Indies aboard
the Vixen. He then joined the Southampton for two years of
special service in the Pacific and California.
On his return English joined
the Dolphin in 1853 for deep-sea
soundings, between the United States and England. English
was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1855 and joined the
coast survey. He was then attached to the Levat for the East India squadron and took part in the capture of
the Barria Forts on the Canton River. He was seriously wounded
there, and on his return he joined the Wyoming and went to the Pacific station where he remained until the
outbreak of the Civil War. During the War he commanded the Somerset and Sagamore in the east coast squadron. In 1864 Commander English had
charge of the Wyalusing in
the sounds of North Carolina. At the Wars end he was ordered
to the Brooklyn Navel Yard until 1866 when he took command
of the Iroquos and returned
to the East India station.
Earl English returned home in 1870 and was on special service to Admiral Porter of Portsmouth.
He was made a captain in 1871, and three years later he took
command of the Congress, joining
the European fleet. He returned home in 1876, and as senior
naval officer afloat Captain English participated in the Centennial
Celebration at Philadelphia. In July of that year he became
commandant of the Portsmouth navel station where he remained
for two years. At that time he was appointed chief of the
bureau of equipment and recruiting. English became commodore
in 1880. He resigned from the bureau in 1884 and was appointed
rear admiral taking command of the European station.
Admiral English retired in 1886.
He died 11 January 1895 in Washington, D. C. leaving two children
and a widow.
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Source_bio 1:
ENGLISH FAMILY HISTORY
American Genealogical Research Institute
Heritage Press, Inc.
Washington, D.C.; 1978
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EARL ENGLISH - bio 2 |
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Earl ENGLISH, naval officer:
born in Crosswicks, Burlington County, New Jersey, 18 February
1824. He was educated in Trenton, New Jersey, and entered the
naval service, 25 February 1840. His first cruise was in the
U.S. frigate "Constellation" around the world, returning after an absence of four years,
then being ordered to the naval academy in Annapolis, where
he was graduated in 1846. He joined the U.S. frigate "Independence" and was actively employed on the Pacific coast, principally
in California. He was at the capture of Mazatlan, Mexico, in
November 1847, and remained there till the close of the Mexican
war in 1852 he was attached to the U. S. brig "Dolphin" which was engaged in "deep sea soundings" across the
Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland. He was appointed master, 1
March 1855, and lieutenant on 14 September 1855. In 1857 he
cruised in the East Indies, and took part in the engagement
with the barrier forts, seven miles below Canton, China, in
which he was wounded.
He was made lieutenant commander,
16 July 1862, and served throughout the civil war, being employed
principally in the Gulf of Mexico and the sounds of North Carolina,
and commanding at different periods the "
Somerset," " Sagamore," and "Wyalusing." In 1866 he was appointed commander, and after the war served
four years on the East India station, he was then employed in
Japanese waters during the struggle that resulted in the overthrow
of the Tycoon. When the latter was defeated at Osaka, 13 February
1868, he received him on board the "Iroquois," which was then anchored in the Osaka River. He was commissioned
captain, 28 September 1871, commodore, 25 March 1880, and rear
admiral, 4 September 1884, at which time he resigned the office
of chief of the bureau of equipment and recruiting, which he
had held for six years. He then took command of the European
station, and was retired, 18 February 1886.
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Source_bio 2:
Edited Appletons Encyclopedia
Copyright © 2001 |
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page created: 02 Jun 2003 / updated: 06 Mar 2010 |
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