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Harry Peglar
English Royal Navy seaman · Historical Figures · Born 1812
Henry Peter Peglar was an English seaman who served in the Royal Navy. He served as Captain of the Foretop, a Petty Officer rank, on HMS Terror during the 1845 Franklin Expedition, which sought to chart the Canadian Arctic, find the Northwest Passage, and make scientific observations.
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All expedition personnel died, including Peglar, mostly on and around King William Island. Several of his personal effects were found with a skeleton by Francis Leopold McClintock, which are among the only written materials known to belong to members of the expedition. In 2026, the skeleton was positively identified as belonging to Peglar. Earlier in his career, he engaged in anti-slavery operations in West Africa and served in the First Opium War.
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