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Adolphus Slade

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Admiral Sir Adolphus Slade CB (1804 – 13 November 1877) was a British admiral who became an admiral in the Ottoman Navy.[1] While in Ottoman service he was known as Mushaver (Inspector) Pasha[2]

He was the fifth son of General Sir John Slade.

Adolphus Slade as Mushaver Pasha in Ottoman service during the Crimean War.

Career

  • 1815: Entered Navy[3]
  • 1827: Lieutenant
  • 1841: Commander
  • 1849: Captain
  • 1849–1866: Admiral in the Turkish navy, with the title of Pasha. This included the Crimean War. In 1854, his flagship was a 72-gun frigate.[4]
  • 1858: KCB
  • 1866: Rear-Admiral
  • 1867: Retired Rear-Admiral
  • 1873: Retired Vice-Admiral

Books

Slade, who has been described as "one of the best nineteenth-century writers on the Middle East",[5] wrote a number of books:[6]

See also

  • O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Slade, Adolphus" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    Archives, The National. "The Discovery Service". Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. [2]
    Plaw, Avery (2012). The Metamorphosis of War. Rodopi B.V. ISBN 978-90-420-3571-3.
  3. [3]
    "Biography of Adolphus Slade R.N." pdavis.nl. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  4. [4]
    Zealand, National Library of New. "Papers Past - HOSTILITIES ON THE BLACK SEA. (Daily Southern Cross, 1854-03-24)". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  5. [5]
    Freedom and Justice in the Modern Middle East Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Bernard Lewis Foreign Affairs, May/June 2005
  6. [6]
    Adolphus Slade in libraries (WorldCat catalog)


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