Andrew A. Harwood

Andrew Allen Harwood, (October 9, 1802 – August 28, 1884) was an Admiral in the United States Navy

Biography

Andrew Allen Harwood was born on 9 October 1802 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of John Edmund Harwood and Elizabeth Franklin Bache. He was the grandson of Sarah Franklin Bache and Richard Bache and more notably he was the great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America and Deborah Read.

He was appointed a Midshipman in the Navy at the beginning of 1818, subsequently serving in the West Indies, the Mediterranean, and at the Philadelphia Navy Yard before receiving promotion to Lieutenant in 1827. Two decades of further duty afloat and ashore, including a long assignment with the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, were recognized with Commander's rank in 1848. During 1852-1855 he made a Mediterranean deployment in the frigate Cumberland.^[1]

After 1855 Captain Harwood served in shore posts, among them a tour as Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography in 1858-1862. Promoted to Commodore in mid-1862, he was in charge of the Washington Navy Yard and the Potomac Flotilla until December 1863. Commodore Harwood subsequently was a member of the Board of Examiners and Secretary of the Light House Board, remaining on the job in retired status from October 1864 onward. Beginning in 1869, when he was promoted to Rear Admiral on the Retired List, he held legal positions, concluding with a year as the Navy's Judge Advocate in 1870-1871.

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He was the nephew of Benjamin Franklin Bache and Richard Bache, Jr.
He is a cousin of Richard Wainwright and Richard Wainwright, Jr.

Death

Rear Admiral Andrew A. Harwood died in Marion, Massachusetts, on August 28, 1884.^[2]

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