# Richard Vesey Hamilton

> Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he twice volunteered to take part in missions to search for Sir John Franklin's ill-fated expedition to find the Northwest Passage. He also took part in the Battle of Fatshan Creek in June 1857 during the Second Opium War.

*Royal Navy admiral (1829-1912)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/richard-vesey-hamilton

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Born:** 1829-05-28
- **Died:** 1912-09-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 35.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 3.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 25.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Richard Vesey Hamilton](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Vesey_Hamilton)
- [Richard Vesey Hamilton](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Vesey_Hamilton)
- [Vesey Hamilton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesey_Hamilton)
- [Richard Vesey Hamilton](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Vesey_Hamilton)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7329664)

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