Henry John Rous
1795–1877
Naval officer and sportsman. Joined the Royal Navy in 1808; captain, 1823; rear admiral, 1852; admiral, 1863; retired in 1866. MP for Westminster, 1841–6; lord of the Admiralty, 1846. A life-long horse-racing enthusiast. Member of the Jockey Club, 1821; steward, 1838; public handicapper, 1855. Bred racehorses for the duke of Bedford.
Source
ODNB.
Bibliography
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
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