Clement-Jones family - Person Sheet
NameCapt Owen STANLEY FRS, 9857
Birth1811
Death1850
Notes for Capt Owen STANLEY FRS
Stanley was born in
Alderley, Cheshire, the son of
Edward Stanley, rector of Alderley and later
Bishop of Norwich. A brother was
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley and his sister
Mary Stanley.
He entered the
Royal Naval College at the age of fifteen, and for nine years served under
Phillip Parker King on
HMS Adventure and
John Franklin in the
Mediterranean. In 1836 he sailed to the Arctic as scientific officer on
HMS Terror under
George Back. In 1838 he was given command of
HMS Britomart and sailed to Australia and New Zealand, returning in 1843. In March 1842 he was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society In December 1846 Stanley sailed from
Portsmouth in charge of
HMS Rattlesnake, with the purpose of surveying the seas around the
Great Barrier Reef and
Torres Strait. The ship called at
Madeira,
Rio de Janeiro,
Simon's Town and
Mauritius, arriving in
Sydney in July 1847. Stanley died in Sydney on the return trip having accomplished the main objects of the voyage and was given a state funeral.
In memory of his brother,
Dean Stanley of
Westminster Abbey donated the font in
ChristChurch Cathedral, Christchurch.