Robert McClure

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Sir Robert McClure CB
Robert McClure in a portrait by Stephen Pearce (1858)
Birth name	Robert John Le Mesurier McClure
Born	(1807-01-28)28 January 1807 Wexford, Wexford, Ireland
Died	17 October 1873(1873-10-17) (aged 66) Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Resting place	Kensal Green Cemetery
Branch	Royal Navy
Service years	1824–1873
Academy	Sandhurst Military Academy
Rank	Vice-admiral
Wars	Second Opium War
Expeditions	McClure Arctic Expedition
Awards	Royal Geographical Society's Patron's Medal (1854) Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations (1855) Companion of the Order of the Bath (1859)
Spouse(s)	Constance Tudor ​ (m. 1869)​
Relations	John Elgee (grandfather)

Vice-Admiral Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure CB (28 January 1807 – 17 October 1873) was an Irish explorer who explored the Arctic. In 1854 he traversed the Northwest Passage by boat and sledge, and was the first to circumnavigate the Americas.^[1]