► Royal Navy ► Personnel
Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Montagu Stopford R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Born (Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland) | |||
| Forth son of John George, third Earl of Courtown | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 11 November 1798 | Born | ||
| 25 August 1827 | Married Cordelia Winifreda (1804-1851)), second daughter of Major-general Sir George Whitmore | ||
| 5 July 1855 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) | ||
| 10 November 1864 | Died (Edinburgh) | ||
| Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 8 November 1810 | Entered Navy | ||
| 17 July 1819 | Lieutenant | ||
| 29 January 1822 | Commander | ||
| 8 April 1825 | Captain | ||
| 5 December 1853 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 25 June 1858 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 30 November 1863 | Admiral | ||
| 9 February 1864 | Retired Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 6 August 1842 | 4 July 1846 | Captain in Pique (until paying off at Portsmouth), North America and West Indies | |
| 26 July 1850 | 4 August 1851 | Captain in Trafalgar (from commissioning at Sheerness), Sheerness | |
| 5 August 1851 | 4 December 1851 | Captain in Waterloo (from commissioning at Sheerness), Sheerness (fitting for the flagship of Vice-Admiral James Whitley Deans Dundas in the Mediterranean, until Britannia was selected instead) | |
| 5 December 1851 | 31 March 1853 | Captain in London, Sheerness | |
| 4 January 1855 | 26 July 1858 | Admiral superintendent of Malta dockyard, flag in Ceylon then Hibernia | |
Top↑
 |