Rochfort Maguire

Rochfort Maguire (18 June 1815 – 29 June 1867) was an Irish Royal Navy officer who served as captain of HMS Plover from 1852 to 1853 during the Franklin search expedition.

Rochfort Maguire
Portrait by Stephen Pearce
Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station
In office
23 May 1866 – 28 May 1867 (1866-05-23 – 1867-05-28)
Preceded bySir William Wiseman
Succeeded byRowley Lambert
Personal details
Born(1815-06-18)18 June 1815
County Westmeath, Ireland
Died29 June 1867(1867-06-29) (aged 52)
Gosport, Hampshire, England
AwardsArctic Medal, 1818–55
Military service
Branch Royal Navy
Service years1830–1867
RankCommodore
ConflictOriental Crisis of 1840

Career

Royal Navy

Maguire joined the Royal Navy in 1830.[1] He came to notice when he was wounded in action in 1840 at Sidon whilst serving on HMS Wasp under Sir Charles Napier.[2] He was mentioned in despatches and as a result he was promoted to lieutenant on HMS Vernon in the Mediterranean.[2]

Search for Franklin

Maguire was assigned to the Franklin search expedition in 1848. They sailed out of Plymouth on a mission to find the lost remains of John Franklin's ill-fated Northwest Passage expedition of 1845. Maguire was made captain of HMS Plover from 1852 to 1854.[1]

Later life

Promoted to captain in 1855, he was given command of HMS Sans Pareil, HMS Imperieuse, HMS Chesapeake, and then HMS Galatea.[1]

He became commander-in-chief of Australian Station on 23 May 1866, before he was invalidated out on 28 May 1867. He died a month later, on 29 June, at Royal Hospital Haslar.[1]

References

Footnotes
  1. William Loney RN
  2. Rochfort Maguire, Spink.com. accessed August 2009

Bibliography
  • O'Byrne, W. R. (1849). "Maguire, Rochfort" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . London: John Murray. p. 709 – via Wikisource.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Sabine, E. (1857). "On hourly observations of the magnetic declination made by Captain Rochfort Maguire". Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. 147: 497–532. JSTOR 108630.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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