James Whitley Deans Dundas
| Sir James Dundas | |
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 Admiral Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas |
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| Born | 4 December 1785 |
| Died | 3 October 1862 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1799 - 1857 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held | HMS Tagus HMS Prince Regent HMS Britannia Mediterranean Fleet |
| Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars Crimean War |
| Awards | GCB |
Admiral Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas GCB (4 December 1785 – 3 October 1862) was a Royal Navy officer and a First Sea Lord.
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Born "James Deans",[1] he joined the Royal Navy in 1799.[2] In 1802 he saw action in combat with the French ship Duguay Trouin and was also involved with the capture of La Vautour.[2] For a few weeks in 1806 he was flag-lieutenant to the Hon. George Cranfield Berkeley.[3] Later that year he was given command of HMS Rosmond and was then injured while putting out a fire at Copenhagen Dockyard shortly after its capture.[2] In October he took command pro tem of Cambrian while her captain was taking despatches to London reporting the capture of the city. Deans changed his name to "James Whitley Deans Dundas", following his marriage, in 1808.[1]
He was given command of Stately, flagship of Rear Admiral Thomas Bertie, in 1809 and Venerable and then HMS Pyramus in 1812.[2] It was in the latter ship that he captured several privateers.[2] Then in 1815 he took command of HMS Tagus in the Mediterranean.[3]
He was appointed flag captain to Sir William Parker in HMS Prince Regent in 1830 and flag captain to Sir Philip Durham on HMS Britannia in 1836.[3]
In 1846 he joined the Board of the Admiralty (first as Fourth Naval Lord, then as Second Naval Lord and finally First Naval Lord).[4]
In 1852 he was appointed commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean and led all naval operations in the Black Sea when the Crimean War broke out two years later.[3] He returned to England in January 1855.[3]
[edit] Family
On 2 April 1808, he married his first cousin, Janet, only daughter and heiress of Charles Dundas, later Lord Amesbury.[2] His first wife died in April 1846 and, in August 1847, he married Lady Emily Moreton, fourth daughter of the first Earl of Ducie.[2] By his first wife, he had a life interest in large estates in Flintshire and Berkshire — centred on Barton Court in Kintbury — which, at his death, passed to his grandson, Mr. Charles Amesbury Deans Dundas. (Dundas' elder son, Charles Whitley Deans Dundas, predeceased him in 1856.) On the passing of the Reform Bill, he was elected member for Greenwich and represented that borough in several subsequent parliaments[5] After being appointed as Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean fleet, resigned from the House of Commons on 29 January 1852,[6] by appointment as Steward of the Manor of Hempholme.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ a b The Peerage.com
- ^ a b c d e f g The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 213
- ^ a b c d e Laughton, J. K. (2004). "Dundas, Sir James Whitley Deans (1785–1862)". In rev. Andrew Lambert. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8254. Retrieved 21 September 2007.
- ^ "Sainty, JC, Lord High Admiral and Commissioners of the Admiralty 1660-1870', Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 4: Admiralty Officials 1660-1870 (1975), pp. 18-31.". http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=16652. Retrieved 04 September 2009..
- ^ Berkshire history
- ^ Department of Information Services (14 January 2010). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850". House of Commons Library. http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04731.pdf. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 21290. p. 407. 13 February 1852. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
[edit] External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Dundas
- Archival material relating to James Whitley Deans Dundas listed at the UK National Register of Archives
- First Sea Lords
- Lords of the Admiralty
- Royal Navy admirals
- British naval personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars
- British naval personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
- Royal Navy personnel of the Crimean War
- UK MPs 1832–1835
- UK MPs 1835–1837
- UK MPs 1837–1841
- UK MPs 1841–1847
- UK MPs 1847–1852
- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies
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- Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur
- Recipients of the Order of the Medjidieh
- 1785 births
- 1862 deaths
