James Graham Goodenough
{{short description|Royal Navy officer (1830-1875)}}
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| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|size=100%|CB|CMG}}
| name = James Goodenough
| birth_date = 3 December 1830
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1875|8|20|1830|12|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Guildford, Surrey
| death_place = Coral Sea near Santa Cruz Islands
| death_cause = Tetanus
| placeofburial = St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney, Australia
| placeofburial_label = Burial place{{0|000}}
| image = James Graham Goodenough.jpg
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| allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| branch = {{navy|United Kingdom}}
| branch_label = Branch
| serviceyears = 1844–1875
| serviceyears_label = Service years
| rank = Captain
| commands = HMS Victoria
HMS Minotaur
Australia Station (1873–1875)
| battles = Second Opium War
| battles_label = Conflict
| awards = {{ubil|Companion of the Order of the Bath|Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George}}
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| father = Edmund Goodenough
| mother = Frances Cockerell
| relatives = {{ubil|William Goodenough (son)|Samuel Goodenough (grandfather)|William Howley Goodenough (brother)|Samuel Pepys Cockerell (maternal grandfather)}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Victoria Hamilton|1864}}
| education = Westminster School
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File:Commodore James Graham Goodenough by Count Gleichen,1877.jpg
Commodore James Graham Goodenough {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|CB|CMG}} (3 December 1830 – 20 August 1875) was an officer in the Royal Navy who went on to become Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station.
Early life and family
He was born at Stoke Hill near Guildford in Surrey, the son of Edmund Goodenough, Dean of Wells Cathedral, and Frances Cockerell.{{cite book|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/goodenough-james-graham-3630|title=Australian Dictionary of Biography|first=John M.|last=Ward|chapter=Goodenough, James Graham (1830–1875) |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|accessdate=7 November 2018|via=Australian Dictionary of Biography}} His paternal grandfather was Samuel Goodenough, Bishop of Carlisle, and his godfather was Sir James Graham, after whom he was named. He was educated at Westminster School.{{cite DNB |wstitle=Goodenough, James Graham |volume=22 |last=Laughton |first=John Knox |author-link=John Knox Laughton |pages=122-124 |year= |short=1}}
In 1864 he married Victoria Hamilton; they had two sons, including Admiral Sir William Edmund Goodenough.
Naval career
At 14 years of age Goodenough joined the Royal Navy. He firstly (1844–1848) served on {{HMS|Collingwood|1841|6}} under Captain Robert Smart in the Pacific fleet of Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour. He then joined {{HMS|Cyclops|1839|6}} off coast of Africa, before returning to England late in 1849 to sit his lieutenant's exam.
He went on to serve in the Second Opium War being present at the capture of Canton in 1857. Promoted to captain in 1863, he was given command of {{HMS|Victoria|1864|6}} and then {{HMS|Minotaur|1863|6}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1224|title=Biography of James Graham Goodenough R.N.|website=Pdavis.nl|accessdate=7 November 2018}} He served as Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station, from 1873.
He died of tetanus{{cite web|url=https://www.navyhistory.org.au/james-goodenough-sailor-and-humanitarian-1830-1875/|title=James Goodenough, Sailor and Humanitarian 1830 – 1875 – NHSA|date=25 March 1978|website=Navyhistory.org.au|accessdate=7 November 2018}} aboard HMS Pearl off the coast of Australia, resulting from wounds inflicted from poisoned arrows in an attack by natives of the Santa Cruz Islands.[http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3811 Royal Navy portal: Goodenough] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108234039/http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3811 |date=8 November 2007 }} He is buried in St Thomas's Church in North Sydney. Some sources state his burial location at St Leonard’s Cemetery in north Sydney.{{cite web|url=https://www.navyhistory.org.au/james-goodenough-sailor-and-humanitarian-1830-1875/3/|title=James Goodenough, Sailor and Humanitarian 1830 – 1875 – Page 3 of 3 – NHSA|date=25 March 1978|website=Navyhistory.org.au|accessdate=7 November 2018}}
Memorials
A stained glass window, Adoration of the Lamb, in St Thomas's Church in North Sydney, is dedicated in his memory and a bust, sculptured by Count Gleichen, was placed in the Painted Hall of Greenwich Hospital.{{cite web|url=http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/government/colonial/display/96377-james-graham-goodenough|title=James Graham Goodenough – Monument Australia|first=UBC Web|last=Design|website=Monumentaustralia.org.au|accessdate=7 November 2018}}{{cite news|title=Naval|work=The Cornishman|issue=17|date=7 November 1878|page=3}} A memorial was also constructed in North Sydney (St Thomas's Church?).
The church of the Holy Cross, Cromer Street, King's Cross, London was built in his memory in 1888. The church bell is the ship's bell from {{HMS|Pearl|1855|6}}, his flagship{{cite web|url=http://www.holycrosscromerstreet.org/history.php|title=Holy Cross Church – Our History|website=Holycrosscromerstreet.org|accessdate=7 November 2018|archive-date=8 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108110352/http://www.holycrosscromerstreet.org/history.php|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{Internet Archive author |sname=James Graham Goodenough}}
- [https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/2907223/captain-james-graham-goodenough-1830-75|Captain James Goodenough]
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