Volume 7 Contents in Full A Modern Introduction Introduction, 1857-1900 Ch 46. Civil History of the Royal Navy App to Ch 46. Flag-Officers Holding the Principal Commands (here) Ch 47. Military History of the Royal Navy (in preparation) Ch 48. Voyages and Discoveries App A to Ch 46-48: List of Flag-Officers Promoted App B to Ch 46-48: List of H.M. Ships Lost, Etc., (in preparation)

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APPENDIX to CHAPTER 46

FLAG-OFFICERS HOLDING THE PRINCIPAL COMMANDS, 1857-1900

IN continuation of the lists given in Vol. VI. pp. 223-226, the following roll of the naval officers who held the principal commands at home and abroad from the beginning of 1857 until the end of the reign of Queen Victoria will be found useful for purposes of reference in connection with the history of the period:

(Admirals names whose images are here, are listed in bold)

Sir George Francis Seymour, K.C.B., Vice-Adm. (Adm. May 14, 1857).
Mar. 1, 1859. William Bowles, C.B., Adm.
Mar. 1, 1860. Henry William Bruce, V. Adm. (K.C.B. 1861).
Mar. 1, 1863. Sir Michael Seymour (2), G.C.B., V.-Adm. (Adm. Mar. 5, 1864).
Mar. 1, 1866. Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, Bart., V.-Adm. (Adm. Nov. 20, 1866).
Feb. 25, 1869. Sir James Hope, G.C.B., V.-Adm. (Adm. Jan. 21, 1870).
Mar. 1, 1872. Sir George Rodney Mundy, K.C.B., Adm.
Mar. 1, 1875. Sir George Elliot (4), K.C.B., Adm.
Mar. 1, 1878. Edward Gennys Fanshawe, C.B., Adm.
Nov. 27, 1879. Alfred Phillipps Ryder, Adm.
Nov. 28, 1882. Sir Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby, K.C.B., Adm.
Nov. 28, 1885. Sir George Ommanney Willes, K.C.B., Adm.
June 20, 1888. Sir John Edmund Commerell, V.C., G.C.B., Adm.
June 22, 1891. Richard James, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Adm.
June 22, 1894. Sir Nowell Salmon, V.C., K.C.B., Adm.
Aug. 3, 1897. Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart., G.C.B., Adm.
Oct. 3, 1900. Sir Charles Frederick Hotham, K.C.B., Adm.

Sir William Parker (2), Bart., G.C.B., Adm.
May 4, 1857. Sir Barrington Reynolds, K.C.B., V.-Adm. (Adm. Nov. 1, 1860).
June 8, 1860. Sir Arthur Fanshawe, K.C.B., V.-Adm.
Oct. 11, 1860. Sir Houston Stewart, K.O.B., V.-Adm. (Adm. Nov. 10, 1862).
Oct. 27, 1863. Sir Charles Howe Fremantle, K.C.B., V.-Adm. (Adm. Feb. 9, 1864).
Oct. 26, 1866. Sir William Fanshawe Martin, Bart., K.C.B., Adm.
Nov. 1, 1869. Sir Henry John Codrington, G.C.B., Adm.
Nov. 1, 1872. Hon. Sir Henry Keppel, G.C.B., Adm.
Nov. 1, 1875. Sir Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds, K.C.B., Adm.
Nov. 1, 1878. Arthur Farquhar (2), Adm.
Jan. 9, 1880. Hon. Sir Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, K.C.B., Adm.
Dec. 1, 1881. Sir William Houston Stewart, K.C.B., Adm.
Dec. 1, 1884. Sir Augustus Phillimore, K.C.B., Adm.
May 25, 1887. Rt. Hon. Lord John Hay (3), G.C.B., Adm.
Dec. 15, 1888. Sir William Montagu Dowell, K.C.B., Adm.
Aug. 4, 1890. H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., Adm.
June 2, 1898. Sir Algernon McLennan Lyons, K.C.B., Adm.
June 10, 1896. Hon. Sir Edmund Robert Fremantle, K.C.B., C.M.G., Adm.

1899. Sir Henry Fairfax, K.C.B., Adm.
Mar. 28, 1900. Lord Charles Thomas Montagu Douglas Scott, K.C.B., Adm.

Hon. William Gordon (2), V.-Adm.
July 1, 1857. Edward Harvey, V.-Adm. (Adm. June 9, 1860).
June 28, 1860. Sir William James Hope Johnstone, K.C.B., V. -Adm.
June 25, 1863. Sir George Robert Lambert, G.C.B., V.-Adm. (Adm. Dec. 15, 1863). 

Mar. 1, 1864. Sir Charles Talbot, K.C.B., V.-Adm.
Apr. 5, 1866. Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Bart., K.C.B., V.-Adm.
Apr. 5, 1869. Richard Laird Warren, V.-Adm. (Adm. Apr. 1, 1870).
July 1, 1870. Hon. Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, C.B., V.-Adm.
Feb. 11, 1873. Hon. George Fowler Hastings, C.B., V.-Adm. 
Feb. 14, 1876. Henry Chads, V.-Adm.

Sept. 17, 1877. Sir William King Hall, K.C.B., V.-Adm.
Aug. 4, 1879. Sir Reginald John James George Macdonald, K.C.B., K. C.S.I., V. -Adm.
July 21, 1882. Edward Bridges Rice, C.B., V.-Adm.
Oct. 30, 1884. John Corbett, C.B., V. Adm. (Adm. Apr. 7, 1885).
July 1, 1885. H.S.H. Ernest L. V. C. A. J. E., Prince of Leiningen, G.C.B., V.-Adm.
July 1, 1887. Charles Ludovic Darley Waddilove, V.-Adm.
July 2, 1888. Thomas Bridgeman Lethbridge, V.-Adm.
Aug. 4, 1890. Charles Thomas Curme, V.-Adm.
Feb. 27, 1892. Sir Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage, K.C.B., V.-Adm.
Dec. 10, 1894. Richard Wells, V.-Adm.
June 10, 1896. Sir Henry Frederick Nicholson, K.C.B., V. Adm. (Adm. Sept. 16, 1897).
Dec. 10, 1897. Sir Charles Frederick Hotham, K.C.B., V. Adm.
July 13, 1899. Sir Nathaniel Bowden Smith, K.C.B., V.-Adm.

Admiral Chads, Nore; Admiral Fanshawe, North America & West Indies, Portmouth; Admiral Baird, Pacific, Channel

Edmund, Lord Lyons, Bart., G.C.B., R.-Adm. (V.-Adm. Mar. 19, 1857). 

Feb. 22, 1858. Arthur Fanshawe C.B. V.-Adm.
Apr. 19, 1860. Sir William Fanshawe Martin, K.C.B., V.-Adm.
Apr. 20, 1863. Robert Smart, K.H., V. Adm.
Apr. 28, 1866. Rt. Hon. Lord Clarence Edward Paget, C.B., V. Adm.
Apr. 28, 1869. Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.B., V.-Adm. (Adm. Apr. 1, 1870).
Oct. 25, 1870. Sir Hastings Reginald Yelverton, K.C.B., V. Adm.

Jan. 13, 1874. Hon. Sir James Robert Drummond, K.C.B., V. Adm.

Jan. 15, 1877. Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby, V.-Adm. (Adm. June 15, 1879).

Feb. 5, 1880. Sir Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, G.C.B., V.-Adm. (Adm. May 6, 1882: Lord Alcester, 1882).

Feb. 7, 1883. Rt. Hon. Lord John Hay (3), K.C.B., V. Adm. (Adm. July 8, 1884).

Feb. 5, 1886. H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., V. Adm. (Adm. Oct. 18, 1887).

Mar. 11, 1889. Sir Anthony Hiley Hoskins, K.C.B., V.-Adm. (Adm. June 20, 1891).

Aug. 20, 1891. Sir George Tryon, K.C.B. (drowned June 22, 1893, loss of battleship HMS Victoria).

June 29, 1893. Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart., Adm.

Nov. 10, 1896. Sir John Ommanney Hopkins, K.C.B., Adm.
July 1, 1899. Sir John Arbuthnot Fisher, K.C.B., V.-Adm.

Sir Houston Stewart, G.C.B., V.-Adm.
Jan. 13, 1860. Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.B., R.-Adm.
Jan. 7, 1864. Sir James Hope, K.C.B., V.-Adm.
Jan. 10, 1867. Sir George Rodney Mundy, K.C.B., V.-Adm. (Adm. May 26, 1869).
June 30, 1869. George Greville Wellesley, C.B., V.-Adm.
Sept. 13, 1870. Edward Gennys Fanshawe, C.B., V.-Adm.
Sept. 9, 1873. George Greville Wellesley, C.B., V.-Adm.
Dec. 22, 1875. Sir Astley Cooper Key, K.C.B., V.-Adm.

Apr. 1, 1878. Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield, Kt, C.B., V. Adm

Nov. 27, 1879. Sir Francis Leopold M'Clintock, Kt., V. Adm. .
Nov. 7, 1882. Sir John Edmund Commerell, K.C.B., V.C., V. Adm.

Aug. 25, 1885. Richard James, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., V.-Adm.

Sept. 4, 1886. Algernon McLennon Lyons, V.-Adm.
Dec. 15, 1888. George Willes Watson, K.C.B.,V.-Adm.(K.C.B. 1891).
Dec. 15, 1891. John Ommanney Hopkins, V.-Adm. (K.C.B. 1892).
Apr. 17, 1895. James Elphinstone Erskine, V.-Adm.
Sept. 15, 1897. Sir John Arbuthnot Fisher, K.C.B., V.-Adm.
May 1, 1899. Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford, K.C.B. V.-Adm.

Henry William Bruce, R. Adm.
July 8, 1857. Robert Lambert Baynes, C.B., R.-Adm.
May 5, 1860. Sir Thomas Maitland, Kt., C.B., R.-Ad.
Oct. 31, 1862. John Kingcome, R.-Adm.
May 10, 1864. Hon. Joseph Deuman, R. Adm.
Nov. 21, 1866. Hon. George Fowler Hastings, C.B., R.-Adm.
Nov. 1, 1869. Arthur Farquhar, R.-Adm.
July 9, 1872. Charles Farrel Hillyar, C.B., R.-Adm.
June 6, 1873. Hon. Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane, C.B.
Apr. 15, 1876. George Hancock, R.-Adm. (d. Sept. 20).
Aug. 6, 1876. Algernon Frederick Rous de Horsey, R.-Adm.
July 21, 1879. Frederick Henry Stirling, R.-Adm.
Dec. 10, 1881. Algernon McLennan Lyons, R.-Adm.
Sept. 13, 1884. John Kennedy Erskine Baird, R.-Adm.
July 4, 1885. Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart., R.-Adm.
Sept. 20, 1887. Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage, R.-Adm.
Feb. 4, 1890. Charles Frederick Hotham, C.B., R.Adm.
May 4, 1893. Henry Frederick Stephenson, C.B., R.Adm.
June 19, 1896. Henry St. Leger Bury Palliser, R.-Adm.
June 22, 1899. Lewis Anthony Beaumont, R.-Adm.
Oct. 15, 1900. Andrew Kennedy Bickford, C.M.G., R.-Adm.

Sir Michael Seymour (2), K.C.B., R.-Adm.
Jan. 25, 1859. James Hope, C.B., R. Adm.
Feb. 8, 1862. Augustus Leopold Kuper, C.B., R.-Adm.
Feb. 15, 1864. George St. Vincent Duckworth King, C.B., R. Adm.

(On Jan. 17, 1865, the stations were separated.)

Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour

Jan. 17, 1865. George St. Vincent Duckworth King, C.B., R. -Adm.
Jan. 18, 1867. Hon. Sir Henry Keppel, K.C.B., V.-Adm.
July 17, 1869. Sir Henry Kellett, K.C.B., V.-Adm.
Aug. 30, 1871. Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell, C.B., V.-Adm.
Aug. 31, 1874. Alfred Phillipps Ryder, V.-Adm.
Aug. 31, 1877. Charles Farrel Hillyar C.B., V.-Adm.
Sept. 26, 1878. Robert Coote, C.B., V. Adm.
Jan. 3, 1881. Sir George Ommanney Willes, K.C.B., V.-Adm.
Jan. 3, 1884. Sir William Montagu Dowell, K.C.B., V. Adm.
Sept. 1, 1885. Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton, K.C.B., V.-Adm.
Dec. 17, 1887. Sir Nowell Salmon, K.C.B., V.C., V.-Adm.
Nov. 29, 1890. Sir Frederick William Richards, K.C.B., V. Adm.
Feb. 16, 1892. Hon. Sir Edmund Robert Fremantle, K.C.B., C.M.G., V.-Adm.
May 28, 1895. Sir Alexander Buller, K.C.B., V.-Adm.
Feb. 19, 1898. Sir Edward Hobart Seymour, K.C.B., V.-Adm.

EAST INDIES

Admiral Sir Edmund Robert Fremantle

Jan. 17, 1865. Frederick Byng Montresor, Commod.
Sept. 26, 1865. Charles Farrel Hillyar, Commod.
July 29, 1867. Sir Leopold George Heath, K.C.B., Commod.
Sept. 6, 1870. James Horsford Cockburn, R.-Adm. (died Feb. 2, 1872).
Feb. 14, 1872. Arthur Gumming, C.B., R.-Adm.
Mar. 4, 1875. Reginald John James George Macdonald, R.-Adm.
Apr. 2, 1877. John Corbett, C.B., R.-Adm.
Aug. 4, 1879. William Gore Jones, C.B., R.-Adm.
Apr. 11, 1882. Sir William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, K.C.B., K.C.S.I., V.C., R.-Adm.
May 18, 1885. Sir Frederick William Richards, K.C.B., R. Adm.
Feb. 25, 1888. Hon. Sir Edmund Robert Fremantle, K.C.B., C.M.G., R.-Adm.
Feb. 26, 1891. Frederick Charles Bryan Robinson, R.-Adm.
Jan. 26, 1892. William Robert Kennedy R.-Adm.
Mar. 16, 1895. Edmund Charles Drummond, R.-Adm.
Jan. 15, 1898. Archibald Lucius Douglas, R.-Adm.
June 5, 1899. Day Hort Bosanquet, R. Adm. 

Sir Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby,

later Admiral of the Fleet

July 13, 1858. Sir Charles Howe Fremantle, K.C.B., R.Adm.
June 2, 1859. John Elphinstone Erskine, R.-Adm.
Jan. 29, 1861. Robert Smart, K.H., R. Adm.
Apr. 24, 1863. Sydney Colpoys Dacres, R.-Adm.
June 1866. Hastings Reginald Yelverton, R.-Adm.
May 1, 1867. Frederick Warden, C.B., R.-Adm. 

Dec. 12, 1868. Sir Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds, K.C.B., V.-Adm.

July 18, 1870. Sir Hastings Reginald Yelverton, K.C.B., V. Adm.

Oct. 25, 1870. George Greville Wellesley, C.B., V.-Adm.

Sept. 2, 1871. Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby, R.-Adm., (V. Adm. Jan. 1, 1875).
Oct. 1, 1874. Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, C.B., R.-Adm. (V.-Adm. Dec. 31, 1876).
Nov. 10, 1877. Rt. Hon. Lord John Hay (3), C.B., R.-Adm. (V. Adm. Dec. 31, 1877).
Dec. 10, 1879. Arthur William Acland Hood, C.B., R.-Adm. (V.-Adm. July 23, 1880).
Apr. 17, 1882. Sir William Montagu Dowell, K.C.B., V. Adm.
Dec. 3, 1883. H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G., V.-Adm.
Dec. 1884. Algernon Frederick Rous de Horsey, V.-Adm.
May 1885. Charles Fellowes, C.B., V. Adm. (died in com.).
Mar. 18, 1886. Sir William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, K.C.B., K.C.S.I., V.C., V.-Adm.
Apr. 17, 1888. John Kennedy Erskine Baird, V.-Adm.
May 3, 1890. Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart., V.-Adm.
May 10, 1892. Henry Fairfax, C.B., V. -Adm.
May 27, 1895. Lord Walter Talbot Kerr, V.-Adm
June 7, 1897. Sir Henry Frederick Stephenson, K.C.B., V.-Adm.
Dec. 20, 1898. Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson, K.C.B., V.-Adm. 

Mar. 26, 1859. William Loring, C.B.,Commod.
Mar. 10, 1860. Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, Commod.
July 21,1862. William Farquharson Burnett, C.B., Commod. (lost in the Orpheus, Feb. 7, 1863).
Apr. 20, 1863. Sir William Saltonstall Wiseman, Bart., C.B., Commod.
May 23, 1866. Rochfort Maguire, Commod. (died in com.).
May 28, 1867. Rowley Lambert, C.B., Commod.
Apr. 8, 1870. Frederick Henry Stirling, Commod.
May 22, 1873. James Graham Goodenough, C.B., C.M.G., Commod. (died in com.).
Sept. 7, 1875. Anthony Hiley Hoskins, C.B., Commod.
Sept. 12, 1878. John Crawford Wilson, Commod.
Jan. 21, 1882. James Elphinstone Erskine, Commod.
Nov. 12, 1884. George Tryon, C.B., R. Adm.*

Feb. 1, 1887. Henry Fairfax, C.B., R.-Adm.
Sept. 10, 1889. Lord Charles Thomas Montagu Douglas Scott, C.B., R.-Adm.
Sept. 12, 1892. Nathaniel Bowden-Smith,
Nov. 1, 1894. Cyprian Arthur George Bridge, R.-Adm.
Nov. 1, 1897. Hugo Lewis Pearson, R.-AdM.
Oct. 1, 1900. Lewis Anthony Beaumont, R.-Adm.

Apr. 1,1857. Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey, K.C.B., R.Adm.

Feb. 10, 1860. Hon. Sir Henry Keppel, K.C.B., R.-Adm.

Feb. 6,1861. Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Bart., K.C.B., R.-Adm.

(In 1864-65 the Cape was attached to the East Indies command, but in the latter year it again became independent under a Commodore, there being, however, another independent Commodore on the West Count. The old command was restored in 1867.)

Sept. 9, 1867. William Montagu Dowell, R.-Adm. C.B., Commod.

Feb. 16, 1861. Sir John Edmund Commerell, K.C.B., V.C., Commod.
Oct. 2, 1873. Sir William Nathan Wrighte Hewett, K.C.B., V.C., Commod.
Oct. 16, 1876. Francis William Sullivan, C.B., C.M.G., Commod.
Mar. 17, 1879. Sir Frederick William Richards, K.C.B., Commod.
Apr. 11, 1882. Nowell Salmon, C.B., V.C., R.-Adm. *

*From that time the officer was a Com.-in-Chief.

Mar. 6, 1885. Sir Walter James Hunt Grubbe, K.C.B., R. Adm.
Mar. 29, 1888. Richard Wells, R.-Adm.
Sept. 1, 1890. Henry Frederick Nicholson, C.B., R.-Adm.
Aug. 10, 1892. Frederick George Denham Bedford, C.B., R.-Adm.
May 4, 1895. Harry Holdsworth Rawson, C.B., R.-Adm.
Apr. 27, 1898. Sir Robert Hastings Harris, K.C.M.G., R.-Adm.

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Volume 7 Contents in Full A Modern Introduction Introduction, 1857-1900 Ch 46. Civil History of the Royal Navy App to Ch 46. Flag-Officers Holding the Principal Commands (here) Ch 47. Military History of the Royal Navy (in preparation) Ch 48. Voyages and Discoveries App A to Ch 46-48: List of Flag-Officers Promoted App B to Ch 46-48: List of H.M. Ships Lost, Etc., (in preparation)