Beleher

Beleher, SIR EDWARD, admiral, born in 1799, entered the navy in 1812, and in 1816 took part in the bombardment of Algiers. In 1825 he was appointed assistant-surveyor to the expedition about to explore Behring Strait under Captain Beechey; and from 1836 to 1842 he commanded the Sulphur, commissioned to explore the western coast of America. Knighted in 1843, and for five years employed on surveying service in the East Indies, he was in 1852 appointed to the command of the unfortunate expedition sent out by government to search for Sir John Franklin. Belcher published Narrative of a Voyage round the World in the Sulphur (1843); Narrative of a Voyage to the East Indies (1848); The Last of the Arctic Voyages (1855), &c. In 1861 he became rear- admiral of the Red, in 1866 vice-admiral, in 1867 K.C.B., and rear-admiral in 1872. He died 18th March 1877.