# Geoffrey Hornby

> Admiral of the Fleet Sir Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby GCB was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, he saw action at the capture of Acre in November 1840 during the Egyptian–Ottoman War. As a captain, he was assigned to Vancouver Island with a naval brigade where he found a unit of United States troops ready to take over the San Juan Islands in a dispute that became known as the Pig War. Hornby used his powers of diplomacy to facilitate a peaceful handover of the islands to the United States.

*British admiral; (1825-1895)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Born:** 1825-02-10
- **Died:** 1895-03-03
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Geoffrey Hornby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Hornby)
- [جيوفرى هورنبى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%89)
- [Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Thomas_Phipps_Hornby)
- [Горнби, Джеффри](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%84%D1%80%D0%B8)
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- [Geoffrey Hornby](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Hornby)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1503056)

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