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Coles, Cowper Phipps (1819–1870)  

Maker: J. Harris

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23 September 2004
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Cowper Phipps Coles (1819–1870) by J. Harris © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Coles, Cowper Phipps (1819–1870), naval officer and inventor of a gun turret  

J. K. Laughton

revised by Andrew Lambert

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Coles, Cowper Phipps (1819–1870), naval officer and inventor of a gun turret, was born on 9 July 1819, the third son of the Revd John Coles (1787–1865) of Ditcham Park, Hampshire, rector of Silchester, and his first wife, Marianne Goodhead, née Rogers (...

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Grenfell, Hubert Henry (1845–1906), naval officer and expert on gunnery  

S. E. Fryer

revised by Ian St John

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Grenfell, Hubert Henry (1845–1906), naval officer and expert on gunnery, born at Rugby, Warwickshire, on 12 June 1845, was the son of Algernon Grenfell, a clerk, and his wife, Maria Guerin Price.

Joining the navy as a cadet on 13 December 1859, at the age of fourteen, ...

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Ward, John (1825–1896), naval officer and surveyor  

J. K. Laughton

revised by Andrew Lambert

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Ward, John (1825–1896), naval officer and surveyor, was born in England, the son of Lieutenant Edward Willis Ward RN (1791–1855), and his wife, Emma Elizabeth Grimwood. He entered the navy in 1840 on the brig Spey, packet-boat to the West Indies...