Robert Fanshawe Stopford

Admiral Robert Fanshawe Stopford (19 December 1811 – 4 January 1891) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron.

Robert Fanshawe Stopford
Born19 December 1811
Died4 January 1891 (1891-01-05) (aged 79)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Zebra
HMS Talbot
HMS Asia
HMS Queen
Channel Squadron
Battles/warsOriental Crisis

Born the son of Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, Stopford was appointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1830 and, as Commander of HMS Zebra, took part in operations off the coast of Syria during the Oriental Crisis in 1840.[1] Promoted to Captain in 1840, he was given command of HMS Talbot in which he surveyed the Skerki Channel off Sardinia.[2] He later commanded HMS Asia and then HMS Queen.[1] He was made Captain of the Fleet for the Channel Squadron in June 1860 and Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron in October 1860.[1]

In retirement Stopford lived at Mount Ararat a mansion at Richmond Hill.[3]

Family

In 1843 he married Emily Anna Wilbraham; they had five sons and two daughters.[4] Following the death of his first wife in 1862, he married Lucy Hester Hornby, the daughter of Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, in 1865.[4]

See also
  • O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Stopford, Robert Fanshawe" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

References
  1. William Loney RN
  2. Stopford, Robert Fanshawe, Admiral National Maritime Museum
  3. "The Vineyard Richmond". Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  4. The Peerage.com
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Charles Fremantle		 Commander-in-Chief, Channel Fleet
1860–1861		 Succeeded by
Sir Robert Smart
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