Vice-Admiral Cleveland entered the Service in November, 1848, was promoted a lieutenant in 1857, commander in 1868, captain in 1875, and rear-admiral in 1890, being placed on the retired list December, 1894, and has since been promoted vice-admiral. Admiral Cleveland has had a very distinguished career in the Service as a smart and efficient officer.

            He was commander of the “Liffey” frigate in the Flying Squadron of 1870, and was afterwards well know as a smart officer in the “Excellent” Gunnery School-ship at Portsmouth. He commanded the “Hecate” at the time that war was considered to be imminent with Russia in 1878, and was after that flag-captain in the “Iron Duke,” and captain of the “Superb” in 1883 in the Mediterranean until appointed the the “Cambridge” at Devonport.

He was awarded the gold medal of the United Service Institution for the best essay on “The Maritime Defenses of the United Kingdom,” in 1890, had a captain’s Good Service Pension from May, 1889 to August, 1890, and was vice-president of the Ordnance Committee 1891 to 1894.