Henry Palliser

Admiral Henry St Leger Bury Palliser (22 June 1839 – 17 March 1907) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station.

[1] In 1882 he was offered a map purporting to show the location on the Cocos Islands of gold and silver looted from the Mary Dear but, despite looking, he never found anything.

[4] He was appointed Commodore-in-Charge, Hong Kong from December 1891 to June 1893.

[5] He was placed on the retired list in June 1899, and promoted to vice-admiral on 13 July 1899.

[6] Promoted to full admiral on the Retired list in 1904,[7] he died in 1907.