George Willes

Admiral Sir George Ommanney Willes GCB (19 June 1823 – 18 February 1901) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.Born at Hythe, Hampshire in 1823, Willes was the son of Captain George Wickens Willes, RN, by his wife Anne Lacon, daughter of Sir Edmund Lacon, Baronet.[2] Willes received his commission as Mate in 1842, and as Lieutenant in 1844,[1] his early career being uneventful until the outbreak of the Crimean War, when he took part in the bombardments of Odessa and of Sevastopol's Konstantin Battery in 1854.[4] In 1864 he was made Captain of the ironclad warship HMS Prince Consort.[2] In 1855 he married Georgiana Matilda Josephine, daughter of William Joseph Lockwood and granddaughter of Sir Mark Wood, 1st Baronet.
George Willes (cricketer)United KingdomRoyal NavyAdmiralHMS ChesapeakeHMS ImpérieuseHMS Prince ConsortChina StationPortsmouth CommandCrimean WarSecond Opium WarKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the BathCommander-in-Chief, PortsmouthHythe, HampshireGeorge Wickens WillesSir Edmund Lacon, BaronetRoyal Naval College, PortsmouthLieutenantOdessaSevastopolKonstantin BatteryCommanderCaptainfrigateCommander-in-Chief, East IndiesBattle of the Taku Fortsironclad warshipDevonportCommander-in-chief, China StationSir Mark Wood, 1st BaronetEdmund WillesJohn MurrayWikisourceWayback MachineRobert CooteSir William DowellSir Geoffrey HornbySir John Commerell