Henry Walton Grinnell
Henry Walton Grinnell | |
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Portrait from Grinnell's 1920 obituary in the Boston Daily Globe | |
| Birth name | Henry Walton Grinnell |
| Nickname | "Mikado's Yankee Admiral" |
| Born | 19 November 1843 |
| Died | 2 September 1920 (aged 76) |
| Allegiance | United States of America Empire of Japan Republic of Ecuador |
| Branch | United States Navy Imperial Japanese Navy Ecuadorian Navy |
| Service years | 1861-1868, 1898-1899 (United States) 1868-1895 (Japan) 1871-1872 (Ecuador) |
| Rank | Lieutenant (United States) Vice admiral (Japan) |
| Conflicts | American Civil War • Capture of New Orleans • Battle of Mobile Bay • Carolinas campaign First Sino-Japanese War • Battle of the Yalu River Spanish–American War • USS Iowa |
| Awards | Mentioned in dispatches |
Henry Walton Grinnell (November 19, 1843 – September 2, 1920) was an American naval officer who served in the American Civil War and Spanish–American War. He was Inspector General of the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1868 to 1870, retaining the rank of rear admiral through victory in the First Sino-Japanese War. Working in tandem with other foreign experts, Grinnell was credited with modernizing the Japanese navy in the late 19th century.