Geoffrey Hornby
Geoffrey Hornby
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby GCB was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, he saw action at the capture of Acre in November 1840 during the Egyptian–Ottoman War. As a captain he arrived at Vancouver Island with a naval brigade and found that a unit of American troops was about to take over the San Juan Islands in a dispute known as the Pig War: he used his powers of diplomacy to facilitate a peaceful handover of the islands to the United States.
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Date of Birth
February 10th, 1825
Age
199
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
March 3rd, 1895
Died Aged
70
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Phipps Hornby
Father
Maria Sophia Burgoyne
Mother
James John Hornby
Brother
Caroline Lucy Hornby
Sister
Geoffrey Phipps-Hornby
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