James Horsford Cockburn R.N.
James Horsford Cockburn R.N.
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| James Horsford Cockburn R.N. | Explanation |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 1817 | | Born |
| 10 February 1872 | | Died (Calcutta, in commission as Commander-in-chief, East Indies) |
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| Date | Rank |
| 1 December 1829 | Entered Navy |
| 5 November 1840 | Lieutenant |
| 24 April 1846 | Commander |
| 7 April 1850 | Captain |
| 6 April 1866 | Rear-Admiral |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 14 April 1848 | | Commander (2ic) in Hastings, commanded by James William Morgan, flagship of Rear-Admiral Francis Augustus Collier, East Indies |
| 21 August 1855 | 15 July 1857 | Captain in Cossack (until paying off at Sheerness), the Baltic during the Russian War, then (July 1856) North America and West Indies (mainly Greytown, Nicaragua) |
| 8 October 1859 | 28 October 1861 | Captain in Diadem, Channel squadron, then North America and West Indies |
| 24 October 1861 | | Captain in Seringapatam, receiving ship, Cape of Good Hope |
| 6 September 1870 | 10 February 1872 | Commander-in-chief, East Indies (until he died) (flag in Forte, then Glasgow) |