Montagu Stopford (Royal Navy officer)
Montagu Stopford | |
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| Born | 11 November 1798 |
| Died | 10 November 1864 (aged 65) |
| Allegiance | Vice admiral |
| Commands held | HMS Pique HMS Trafalgar HMS Waterloo HMS London |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
The fifth and youngest son of James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown, and his wife, the former Lady Mary Scott, he entered the Navy on 8 November 1810 and was commissioned as lieutenant on 17 July 1819 and as commander on 29 January 1822.[1] He was promoted to captain only 3 years later, on 8 April 1825, and his commands at that rank included HMS Pique (1842–46, in the West Indies and North America), HMS Trafalgar (1850-?, during her 1850 re-commissioning), HMS Waterloo (during her 1851 commissioning, preparing her to be Vice-Admiral James Whitley Deans Dundas's flagship in the Mediterranean, until HMS Britannia was selected for this role instead), and HMS London (during her commissioning January–March 1852).[1]
Also during that time, on 25 August 1827, he married Cordelia Winifreda, the second daughter of
He was captain in the Waterloo again from 1 April 1852, this time during her service as Vice-Admiral
See also
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.
References
- ^ a b c d e William Loney
- ^ a b The Peerage
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