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Sir William James Hope Johnstone

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth28.7.1798W025
First Known Service20.6.1811W025
Father
Sir William Johnstone HopeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1793
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MotherAnne Hope-Johnstone (d.1818)W025
WifeEleanor Kirkpatrick - Married 1826W025
Last Known Service24.9.1863W025
Date of Death11.7.1878W025

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
20.6.1811 Entered the NavyW025
2.5.1818 LieutenantW025
9.9.1820 CommanderW025
2.182321.10.1823
Eclair (18) 1807-1831
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
21.10.1823 CaptainNL1865-3
18241.1825
Doris (36) 1807-1829
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1807 Renamed "Doris"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
8.6.182828.4.1830
Asia (84) 1824-1908
British 84 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		W033
28.4.183010.1831
Britannia (120) 1820-1869
British 120 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		W033
6.5.18454.9.1847
Agincourt (74) 1817-1884
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1865 Renamed "Vigo"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		W033
29.5.18502.7.1852
Albion (90) 1842-1884
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		W025
22.4.1853 Rear-AdmiralNL1865-3
4.2.1858 Vice-AdmiralNL1865-3
28.6.186025.6.1863Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The NoreW025
3.7.1860 
Formidable (84) 1825-1906
British 84 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral, 		W025
10.11.1862 Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the BathW025
10.11.1862 Appointed Knight Bachelor 
24.9.1863 AdmiralNL1865-3
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