Hugh McNeile DYER, Captain (Royal Navy)
Birth Date: 1832
Birth Place: Albany, Surrey, England
Christening Date: 19 August 1832
Christening Place: Albury, Surrey, England
Death Date: 3 January 1875
Death Place: Governor's House, Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, Ireland
Cause of Death: Pneumonia, which he contacted from attending to an ailing prisoner.
Parents: Capt. George Shepherd DYER (R.N.) & Adelaide WILLIAMS
Relationship to Val: 3rd Great-Grandfather
Spouse: Marianne Elizabeth LOGGIN
Marriage: 15 May 1858, St. John's Church, Pembroke, Bermuda
Issue: 9 children (born Bermuda, Ireland and England)
Occupation: Governor, Kilmainham Gaol; Captain, Royal Navy.
H.M.S. Torch - In the Opobo River. Excerpt from the log of Capt. Hugh McNeil[e] Dyer, R.N. on a mission to Nigeria, Africa, to try to stop the slave trade.
The Insurrection at Carthagena.
The West Coast of Africa as seen from the Deck of a Man-Of-War by the Late Hugh McN. Dyer, R.N., H.M.S. "Torch." Published posthumously in 1876 (he died the previous year). As there are no copyright laws in effect after 130 years of publication, I have upload the entire book (book photos to come).
Kilmainham Gaol Photos. Photos from our 1997 trip to Ireland. Hugh McNeile Dyer worked as Governor there from 1874 until his death in 1875.
Kilmainham Letters. Letters written to Hugh's wife, Marianne Elizabeth DYER (née LOGGIN).
To The Magistrates of the County of Wilts. Hugh's application for the position of Chief Constable, January 1870. Includes testimonials.
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