Provo Wallis
Royal Navy admiral of the fleet
Born on: May 12, 1791Died on: February 13, 1892
Aged: 100 years 277 days (1209 months)
Birth Sign: Taurus
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Provo William Parry Wallis, was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, following the capture of USS Chesapeake by the frigate HMS Shannon during the War of 1812, the wounding of HMS Shannon's captain and the death of her first lieutenant in the action, he served as the temporary captain of HMS Shannon as she returned to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with Chesapeake.
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