Rear admiral Frederick Hutton (1801 – 6 March 1866) was a British naval officer. Hutton was born in 1801, and entered the Royal Navy in early 1813.
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from 1847 to 1851, before returning to active naval duties. In April 1863 he was appointed to the rank of

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. Hutton's commands included captaincy of the store ship ''

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'' (1846–47), which brought with it the governorship of

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, the ''

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'' (1852–54), and the ''

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'' (1854–56), the latter two being flagships of Rear admiral

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, firstly out of

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, and then in the Baltic Sea during the

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. Hutton captained Rear admiral James Plumridge's flagship the '' Royal William'' from 1856–57, before becoming captain of the

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-based guard ship '' Terror'' in 1857.Frederick Hutton R.N.
, ''Records of William Loney RN - Victorian naval surgeon''. Retrieved 3 December 2015. Rear admiral Frederick Hutton died at

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on 6 March 1866.

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