James Charles Prevost

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Portrait of Admiral Prevost. Credit: Wellcome Collection
Plaque dedicated to Prevost in Victoria Harbour, British Columbia, Canada

James Charles Prevost (1810–1891) was an admiral in the Royal Navy.

He was born in

first rate HMS Caledonia, at the time the flagship of Admiral Josias Rowley in the British Mediterranean Fleet. In May 1836 Prevost was transferred to the 74-gun HMS Pembroke for service off Lisbon and the Mediterranean.[2] He was still with Pembroke when she was driven ashore at Gibraltar in March 1837.[3]

Pembroke's crew were

San Juan Island boundary dispute between British Columbia and the United States. Prevost died in London
in 1891.

Prevost had five children: Ellen (born 1843), James (1846–1920), Annette (1849–1916),[4] George (1851–1940), and Edward (born 1855). He was grandfather of General Sir Reginald Hildyard via his daughter Annette. Prevost Island in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia and other names on it, or nearby, e.g. James Bay and Charles Rocks,[5][6] were named after him. Mount Prevost, near Duncan, and Prevost Hill, a landmark on Ten Mile Point at Cadboro Bay, British Columbia are also named for him.[7]

References

  1. A Naval Biographical Dictionary
    . London: John Murray.
  2. ^
    OCLC 5080603
    .
  3. ^ "London". Caledonian Mercury. No. 18246. Edinburgh. 30 March 1837.
  4. ISBN 978-0-7884-1872-3
  5. ^ "Charles Rocks". BC Geographical Names.
  6. ^ "James Bay". BC Geographical Names.
  7. ^ "Prevost Hill". BC Geographical Names.

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