# Henry Palliser

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{{short description|Royal Navy Admiral (1839–1907)}}
{{for|the English cricketer|Henry Palliser (cricketer)}}
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| honorific_prefix = [Admiral](/source/Admiral_(Royal_Navy))
| name             = Henry Palliser
| birth_date       = {{birth-date|22 June 1839}}
| death_date       = {{death-date and age|17 March 1907|22 June 1839}}
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| rank             = [Admiral](/source/Admiral_(United_Kingdom))
| commands         = [HMS ''Victory''](/source/HMS_Victory)<br>[Pacific Station](/source/Pacific_Station)
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[Admiral](/source/Admiral_(Royal_Navy)) '''Henry St Leger Bury Palliser''' (22 June 1839 – 17 March 1907) was a [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) officer who served as [Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station](/source/Pacific_Station).

==Naval career==
Palliser was appointed a Commander in the [Royal Navy](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Captain_(Naval)) in 1878,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24569|page=2394|date=5 April 1878}}</ref> he was given command of [HMS ''Victory''](/source/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](/source/Commodore-in-Charge%2C_Hong_Kong) from December 1891 to June 1893. He was next appointed [Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station](/source/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](/source/Vice-admiral_(Royal_Navy)) 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](/source/Everton%2C_Bedfordshire) Church in [Bedfordshire](/source/Bedfordshire).<ref>The Times, 20 March 1907</ref>

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