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|name=Sir Charles Hillyar |image= |caption= |birth_date= 1817 |death_date= 14 December 1888 |birth_place= |death_place=Torpoint, Cornwall |nickname= |allegiance={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |branch= Royal Navy |serviceyears=1831–1882 |rank=Admiral |unit= |commands=HMS Gladiator HMS Queen HMS Octavia East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station Pacific Station China Station |battles=Crimean War |awards=Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |relations= |laterwork= }} Admiral Sir Charles Farrell Hillyar {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB}} (1817 – 14 December 1888) was a Royal Navy admiral who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station. Naval careerBorn the son of Admiral Sir James Hillyar, Charles Hillyar joined the Royal Navy in 1831. Promoted to Captain in 1852, he commanded HMS Gladiator in the Black Sea during the Crimean War. He commanded HMS Queen from 1859 and HMS Octavia from 1865.[1] Hillyar became Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and Cape of Good Hope in 1865, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1872 and Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1877. He retired in 1882.[1] Hillyar lived at Torre House at Torpoint in Cornwall.[2] See also
References1. ^1 William Loney RN {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box | title=Commander-in-Chief East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station | before=Frederick Montresor| after=Sir Leopold Heath (East Indies Station)2. ^Obituary: Admiral Sir Charles Hillyar The Illustrated London News, 14 July 1888 Sir William Dowell (Cape of Good Hope Station)|years=1865–1867}} |-{{succession box|title=Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station|before=Sir Arthur Farquhar|after=Sir Arthur Cochrane|years=1872–1873}} |-{{Succession box| title=Commander-in-Chief, China Station | before=Sir Alfred Ryder | after=Robert Coote | years=1877–1878}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hillyar, Charles}} 4 : 1817 births|1888 deaths|Royal Navy admirals|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath |
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