James Charles Prevost (1810–1891) was an

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in the

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. He was born in

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, Hampshire, England, the son of Rear-Admiral James Prevost and his first wife France née Haultain, and joined the navy in 1823 and by 1850 was a

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aboard ,

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of Rear Admiral Sir

Fairfax Moresby Admiral of the Fleet Sir Fairfax Moresby GCB (29 November 1786 – 21 January 1877) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he took part in the unsuccessful expedition to capture Ferrol in Spain during the French Revolutionary Wars. He ...

, whose daughter (Ellen Mary) he married on 18 October 1842, they had five children: * Ellen Louisa Prevost (1843–?) * James Charles Prevost (1846–15 May 1920) * Annette Prevost (1849–1916) married General Sir Henry John Thoroton Hildyard * George Fairfax Prevost (1851–1940) * Edward Augustan Prevost (1855–?) He was the Commissioner for Britain in the negotiations to settle the San Juan Island boundary dispute between

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and the United States. Prevost became an admiral in 1880, and died in

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in 1891.

Prevost Island Prevost Island is an island in the southern Gulf Islands of the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located east of Ganges Harbour and midway between the southeastern extremity of Salt Spring Island (W) and the southern end of Galiano I ...

in the

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of British Columbia and other names on it, or nearby, e.g. James Bay and Charles Rocks, were named after him. Mount Prevost, near Duncan, and Prevost Hill, a landmark on Ten Mile Point at

Cadboro Bay Cadboro Bay is a bay near the southern tip of Vancouver Island and its adjacent neighbourhood in the municipalities of Saanich and Oak Bay in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Cadboro Bay was the site of Sungayka, a village of the Song ...

, British Columbia are also named for him. He was the grandfather of General Sir Reginald Hildyard (1876–1965).

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* 1810 births 1891 deaths People from Havant Royal Navy admirals History of British Columbia Military personnel from Hampshire 19th-century Royal Navy personnel {{Canada-hist-stub

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