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Sir Robert McClure | |
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Birth name | Robert John Le Mesurier McClure |
Born | Wexford, Wexford, Ireland | 28 January 1807
Died | 17 October 1873 Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK | (aged 66)
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Service years | 1824–1873 |
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Rank | Vice-admiral |
Wars | Second Opium War |
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Spouse(s) | Constance Tudor (m. 1869) |
Relations | John Elgee (grandfather) |
Vice-Admiral Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure CB (28 January 1807 – 17 October 1873) was an Irish explorer of Scots descent who explored the Arctic. In 1854 he traversed the Northwest Passage by boat and sledge, and was the first to circumnavigate the Americas.[1]