Person DS/UK/3013 M'Clure; Sir; Robert John Le Mesurier (1807-1873); naval officer and explorer M'Clure Robert John Le Mesurier Sir 1807-1873 naval officer and explorer Male Born at Wexford, Ireland, 28 Jan 1807; died in London 17 Oct 1873, buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, 25 Oct 1873.

He served under Captain George Back on H.M.S. Terror in voyage on the Arctic, 1836-1837. Served as First Lieutenant of the Investigator with Captain Bird in the Arctic expedition of Sir James Clark Ross in 1848. Promoted to Captain of the Investigator in 1849 and appointed as senior officer in expedition (with the Enterprise under Richard Collinson) to renew the search for Sir Joh Franklin by way of the Bering Strait. After four years wintered in the ice, McClure and his men on the Investigator returned to England in September 1854. He was knighted on 21 Nov 1855. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes staff 06/12/2018 DERBYSHIRE\71026502 28/05/2020 d0d2c87d-7484-4a6c-b45d-c4c214b468ed