{{short description|Royal Navy Admiral (1839–1907)}} {{for|the English cricketer|Henry Palliser (cricketer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = Admiral | name = Henry Palliser | birth_date = {{birth-date|22 June 1839}} | death_date = {{death-date and age|17 March 1907|22 June 1839}} | birth_place = | death_place = | image = Admiral_Henry_St_Leger_Bury_Palliser.jpg | caption = | nickname = | allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom | service_years = | rank = Admiral | commands = HMS ''Victory''<br>Pacific Station | branch = 23px Royal Navy | unit = | battles = | awards = | other_work = }} Admiral '''Henry St Leger Bury Palliser''' (22 June 1839 – 17 March 1907) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station.
==Naval career== Palliser was appointed a Commander in the Royal Navy in 1869.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23469|page=796|date=16 February 1869}}</ref> In 1882 he was offered a map purporting to show the location on the Cocos Islands of gold and silver looted from the ''Mary Dear'' but, despite looking, he never found anything.<ref>[http://www.detecting.org.uk/html/Treasure_of_Cocos_Island.html Treasure of the Cocos Islands]</ref> Following promotion to captain in 1878,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24569|page=2394|date=5 April 1878}}</ref> he was given command of HMS ''Victory'' in 1891.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hms-victory.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=68 |title=HMS Victory - Commanding Officers |access-date=3 October 2010 |archive-date=21 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721081755/http://www.hms-victory.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=68 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was appointed Commodore-in-Charge, Hong Kong from December 1891 to June 1893. He was next appointed Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1896.<ref>[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowCommanders.php William Loney RN]</ref> He was placed on the retired list in June 1899, and promoted to vice-admiral on 13 July 1899.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27100|page=4445|date=18 July 1899}}</ref> Promoted to full admiral on the Retired list in 1904,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27659|supp=y|page=1791|date=18 March 1904}}</ref> he died in 1907. He was buried at Everton Church in Bedfordshire.<ref>The Times, 20 March 1907</ref>
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