Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he twice volunteered to take part in missions to search for Sir John Franklin's ill-fated expedition to find the Northwest Passage. He also took part in the Battle of Fatshan Creek in June 1857 during the Second Opium War.
- Occupation
- military officer
- Position held
- Admiral president of the Royal Naval College, First Sea Lord, Second Sea Lord
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- May 28, 1829
- Died
