Henry Walton Grinnell (November 19, 1843 - September 2, 1920), known as Walton Grinnell was a naval veteran of the American Civil War and the Spanish-American war. He became a rear admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and served at the battle of the Yalu River in the first Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95. He was discharged as an admiral at the end of the war. November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years). ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ... The Spanish-American War took place in 1898, and resulted in the United States of America gaining control over the former colonies of Spain in the Caribbean and Pacific. ... The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (大日本帝國海軍 Dai-Nippon Teikoku Kaigun or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun) was the navy of Japan before 1945. ... The Battle of the Yalu River, also called simply The Battle of Yalu took place on September 17, 1894. ... Japan and Qing China fought the First Sino-Japanese War (or the Qing-Japanese War) during 1894 and 1895, primarily over control of Korea. ...

Walton Grinnell's elder sister Sylvia (born 1838) married William Fitzherbert Ruxton (born 1830) who became an admiral in the British Royal Navy. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...

Henry Grinnell, father of Sylvia and Walton, was a partner in Grinnell, Minturn & Co., owners of the Swallowtail shipping line which boasted "Flying Cloud", in 1851 the fastest clipper ship in the world. He financed an expedition to discover the fate of Sir John Franklin who was lost while searching for the Northwest passage, and the Grinnell peninsula on Devon Island is named after him. John Franklin (April 15, 1786 - June 11, 1847) was an English sea captain and Arctic explorer, whose fate — and that of his last expedition — was for many years a mystery. ... Some possible Northwest Passage routes through the Canadian archipelago For the film of this name, see Northwest Passage (movie). ... Devon Island Devon Island is the second-largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut, Canada. ...

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