Henry Walton Grinnell-- Part 2: Veteran of Civil War, Spanish-American War and the Japanese Navy

From Wikipedia.

November 19, 1843-September 2, 1920.    Known as Walton Grinnell.  Naval veteran of Civil War and Spanish-American War.

He became a rear admiral  and Inspector-General of the Imperial Japanese Navy and served at the Battle of Yalu River in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.

Walter Grinnell's older sister,  Sylvia, born in 181830, married William Fitzherbert Ruxton, who became an admiral in the British Navy.

Their father, Henry Grinnell, was partner in Grinnell, Minturn & Co.  owners of the Swallowtail  shipping line which included  the 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 searching for the Northwest Passage and Grinnell Peninsula on Devon Island is named after him.

--Old B-Runner