Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir Montagu Stopford
KCB (11 November 1798 – 10 November 1864) was an officer in the
Royal Navy
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.
Naval career
The fifth and youngest son of
James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown
James George Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown KP, PC (15 August 1765 – 15 June 1835), known as Viscount Stopford from 1770 to 1810, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Tory politician.
Courtown was the eldest son of James Stopford, 2nd Earl of Court ...
, and his wife,
the former Lady Mary Scott, he entered the Navy on 8 November 1810 and was commissioned as
lieutenant
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The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often sub ...
on 17 July 1819 and as
commander
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on 29 January 1822.
[William Loney]
/ref> He was promoted to captain only 3 years later, on 8 April 1825, and his commands at that rank included (1842–46, in the West Indies and North America), (1850-?, during her 1850 re-commissioning), (during her 1851 commissioning, preparing her to be Vice-Admiral James Whitley Deans Dundas
Admiral Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas GCB (4 December 1785 – 3 October 1862) was a Royal Navy officer. He took part in the Napoleonic Wars, first as a junior officer when he took part in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in Autumn 1799 and ...
's flagship in the Mediterranean, until was selected for this role instead), and (during her commissioning January–March 1852).[
Also during that time, on 25 August 1827, he married Cordelia Winifreda, the second daughter of Major-General Sir George Whitmore – they had four children, including Major George Montagu Stopford. His wife died after 24 years of marriage. She died on 4 September 1851.][The Peerage]
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He was captain in the ''Waterloo'' again from 1 April 1852, this time during her service as Vice-Admiral Josceline Percy's flagship.[ He left that role on 5 December 1853 on being promoted to ]rear admiral
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, becoming the admiral superintendent of Malta Dockyard
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History Pre-1800
The Knights of Malta established dockyard ...
in 1855, flying his flag in HMS ''Ceylon''.[ He also remarried, to Lucy Cay, daughter of John Cay, on 29 September 1853, and the couple had three more children (one of whom was Colonel Sir Lionel Stopford).][ He became a ]Knight Commander of the Bath
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on 5 July 1855, and was promoted to vice-admiral on 25 June 1858, and finally admiral on 30 November 1863. He had retired by 9 February 1864.[
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See also
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References
1798 births
1864 deaths
Royal Navy admirals
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
Younger sons of earls
Montagu
Royal Navy personnel of the Crimean War
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