John Kingcome (d.1871)

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John Kingcome

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service28.5.1808CSORN
Last Known Service5.3.1864CSORN
Date of Death1871

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
28.5.1808		Entered the Navy	W025
1.7.1815		Lieutenant	W025
1824	7.1825	Larne (20) 1814-1828 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Post Ship , Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
8.1.1828		Commander	W025
24.10.1835		Appointed to command a coast guard station	W025
18.6.1837		Left the post in the coast guard	W025
18.6.1837	28.6.1838	Wellesley (74) 1815-1940 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1868 Renamed "Cornwall" , Commander	W025
28.6.1838		Captain	W025
23.10.1841	1843	Belleisle (20) 1819-1872 British 20 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	W025
24.3.1846	1847	Belleisle (20) 1819-1872 British 20 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	W025
30.5.1853	16.2.1854	Saint George (120) 1840-1883 British 120 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	W025
16.2.1854	16.6.1856	Royal William (120) 1833-1899 British 120 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	W033
10.9.1857		Rear-Admiral	W025
5.3.1864		Vice-Admiral	W025

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

W025P. Davis, Web Site

W033Ronald Deschenes, Web Site

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Posted by Craig Hooper on Saturday 7th of March 2026 00:40

I am trying to track down David Billett who commented above. Can anybody help please?

Posted by Craig Hooper on Friday 6th of March 2026 21:49

I am trying to track down David Billett who commented above. Can anybody help please?

Posted by Cy on Sunday 15th of August 2021 15:51

Thanks
Always pleased to get additional info.
Please send to my email on the home page.

Posted by David Billett on Sunday 15th of August 2021 11:41

I have complete information on the ships and career of Admiral Sir John Kingcome KCB if you would like them. He was one of only 3 'tar admirals' in the nineteenth century having risen from 'second class boy' to admiral. There are no published sources to the information other than a manuscript archived by the Plymouth Library and the Devon Family History Society by Alan Axworthy and myself charting John Kingcome's career using Muster Lists and Captain's Logs at The National Archives and other sources.

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