Robert Fanshawe Stopford on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Admiral Robert Fanshawe Stopford (19 December 1811 – 4 January 1891) was a
Born the son of Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, Stopford was appointed a Lieutenant in the
/ref> Promoted to
/ref> Following the death of his first wife in 1862, he married Lucy Hester Hornby, the daughter of Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, in 1865.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...
officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron.
Naval career
Born the son of Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, Stopford was appointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...
in 1830 and, as Commander of HMS ''Zebra'', took part in operations off the coast of Syria during the Oriental Crisis
The Oriental Crisis of 1840 was an episode in the Egyptian–Ottoman War in the eastern Mediterranean, triggered by the self-declared Khedive of Egypt and Sudan Muhammad Ali Pasha's aims to establish a personal empire in the Ottoman province ...
in 1840.William Loney RN/ref> Promoted to
captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
in 1840, he was given command of HMS ''Talbot'' in which he surveyed the Skerki Channel off Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label= Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label= Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, af ...
. He later commanded HMS ''Asia'' and then HMS ''Queen''. He was made Captain of the Fleet for the Channel Squadron
Channel, channels, channeling, etc., may refer to:
Geography
* Channel (geography), in physical geography, a landform consisting of the outline (banks) of the path of a narrow body of water.
Australia
* Channel Country, region of outback Austral ...
in June 1860 and Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron in October 1860.
In retirement Stopford lived at Mount Ararat
Mount Ararat or , ''Ararat''; or is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in the extreme east of Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and the ...
a mansion at Richmond Hill.
Family
In 1843 he married Emily Anna Wilbraham; they had five sons and two daughters.The Peerage.com/ref> Following the death of his first wife in 1862, he married Lucy Hester Hornby, the daughter of Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, in 1865.
See also
*References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stopford, Robert Fanshawe 1811 births 1891 deaths Royal Navy admiralsRobert
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, h ...