Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Admiral of the Fleet Richard James Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, GCB, KCMG (3 October 1832 4 August 1907) was a British Royal Navy officer and peer, known as Lord Gillford from birth until 1879. Lord Gillford was the eldest son of Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam and his wife, Elizabeth. After finishing Eton, he joined the navy in 1845 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1852. Later that year, he was appointed to HMS Impérieuse, on which he served in the Gulf of…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Admiral of the Fleet Richard James Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, GCB, KCMG (3 October 1832 4 August 1907) was a British Royal Navy officer and peer, known as Lord Gillford from birth until 1879. Lord Gillford was the eldest son of Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam and his wife, Elizabeth. After finishing Eton, he joined the navy in 1845 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1852. Later that year, he was appointed to HMS Impérieuse, on which he served in the Gulf of Finland during the Crimean War. In 1856, Gillford was appointed to HMS Raleigh bound for China for the Second Opium War and when the ship was wrecked near Hong Kong, he joined Henry Keppel during the campaign at Foshan in 1857. He was afterwards appointed to HMS Calcutta and took part in the storming of Guangzhou where he was severely wounded in the left arm by a bullet fired from a gingal.He was then mentioned in dispatches and was appointed to HMS Hornet on his promotion as Commander in 1858.