James Hanway Plumridge R.N.
James Hanway Plumridge R.N.
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| James Hanway Plumridge R.N. | Explanation |
| Son of James Plumridge of Littleworth, Berkshire, an architect in London |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 1787 | | Born |
| 1821 | | Married, firstly, a daughter (died 31 July 1827) Rear-Admiral Hart |
| 1835 | | Married, secondly, Harriet Agnes (died 17 April 1845), daughter of Right Hon. H. Elliot |
| 1841 | 1847 | M.P. for Falmouth |
| 1849 | | Married, thirdly, a daughter of Colonel Skinner of the Royal Artillery |
| 5 July 1855 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
| 29 November 1863 | | Died (Hopton Hall, near Lowestoft, Suffolk) |
| Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
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| Date | Rank |
| 6 September 1799 | Entered Navy |
| 20 August 1806 | Lieutenant |
| 7 June 1814 | Commander |
| 9 October 1822 | Captain |
| 7 October 1852 | Rear-Admiral |
| 28 November 1857 | Vice-Admiral |
| 27 April 1863 | Admiral |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 17 June 1814 | 6 July 1814 | Commander in Crocus (1808) |
| 6 July 1814 | 13 June 1816 | Commander in Philomel (1806) |
| 14 March 1816 | 18 January 1817 | Acting Captain in Amphitrite |
| 19 February 1818 | 15 March 1821 | Commander in Sappho |
| 18 July 1831 | 28 March 1835 | Captain in Magicienne, East Indies |
| 12 April 1837 | 18 June 1841 | Captain in Astraea, Superintendent of the Packet service at Falmouth |
| 23 June 1842 | 1847 | Storekeeper of the Ordinance |
| 5 August 1847 | 19 November 1850 | , East Indies (and from 13 August, Commodore, second in command)Captain in Cambrian, flag in Cambrian |
| July 1854 | 1854 | Commanded the flying squadron in the Baltic during the Russian War, and especially in the Gulf of Bothnia (with his flag in the Leopard) |
| 19 February 1855 | 28 November 1857 | Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard (flag in St Vincent) |