Person DS/UK/3029 McClintock; Sir; Francis Leopold (1819-1907); navy officer and Arctic explorer McClintock Francis Leopold Sir 1819-1907 navy officer and Arctic explorer Male Born in Dundalk, Co.Louth, 18 July 1819

He went on several expeditions to the Arctic from 1848 to 1854. In 1857 he was given command of The Fox by Lady Franklin in a privately funded expedition to look for evidence confriming the fate of Sir John Franklin's expedition. In 1859 he returned with the written memorandum confirming Franklin's death and the abandonment of the ships. He published his account of the expedition in the same year. He was knighted in 1860. Oxford Dictiornary of National Biography online 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 11/12/2018 DERBYSHIRE\71026502 28/05/2020 d3c02c32-6453-4c29-8e44-22f24211f77d