The Colonial Despatches: Kellett, Captain Henry

Kellett, Captain Henry

b. 1806-11-02

d. 1875-03-01

Kellett was appointed command of the Herald, in which he surveyed Vancouver Island and West Coast waters, in 1846, and in 1852 he commissioned a ship to search for the missing Franklin expedition (J. K. Laughton, Sir Henry Kellett, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.)

Mentions of this person in the documents

The Colonial Despatches: Halkett Island
The Colonial Despatches: Fidalgo Island
The Colonial Despatches: Pedder Bay
The Colonial Despatches: Royal Roads
The Colonial Despatches: Race Rocks
The Colonial Despatches: Beechey Head
The Colonial Despatches: Guemes Island
The Colonial Despatches: Albert Head
The Colonial Despatches: Oak Bay
The Colonial Despatches: William Head
The Colonial Despatches: Becher Bay
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Vessels in this document

HMS Termagant, 1822-1824 [renamed Herald, fate: 1862]

Places in this document

Vancouver Island

The Colonial Despatches Team. Kellett, Captain Henry. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/kellett.html.

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Colonial Despatches

The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

Kellett, Captain Henry