Commander-in-Chief, North American Station
Appearance
For the Army see Commander-in-Chief, North America
The Commander-in-Chief, North American Station commanded the North America and West Indies Station of the Royal Navy.
Commanders
Commanders of the station have included:[1][2][3][4][5]
North American Station
- Commodore James Douglas (1746-1748)
- Commodore Charles Watson (1748-1749)
- Commodore Augustus Keppel (1751-1755)
- Commodore Lord Alexander Colville (November 1759 - October 1762)
- Commodore Richard Spry (October 1762 - October 1763)
- Rear Admiral Lord Alexander Colville (October 1763 - September 1766)
- Captain Joseph Deane, September 1766 - November 1766 (Senior Captain)
- Captain Archibald Kennedy, November 1766 - July 1767 (Senior Captain)
- Commodore Samuel Hood (July 1767 - October 1770)
- Commodore James Gambier (October 1770 - August 1771)
- Rear Admiral John Montagu (August 1771 - June 1774)
- Vice Admiral Samuel Graves (June 1774 - January 1776)
- Vice Admiral Richard Howe (February 1776 - September 1778)
- Vice Admiral James Gambier (1778 - 1779)
- Vice Admiral John Byron (1779)
- Vice Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot (1779-1781)
- Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Graves (1781)
- Rear Admiral Robert Digby (1781 - 1783)
- Rear Admiral Sir Charles Douglas (1783 - 1785)
- Vice Admiral Sir Herbert Sawyer (1785 - 1789)
- Vice Admiral Sir Richard Hughes (1789 - 1792)
- Vice Admiral George Murray (1793 - 1796)
- Vice Admiral George Vandeput (1797 - 1800)
- Vice Admiral Sir William Parker (1800-1802)
- Vice Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell (1802 - 1806)
- Vice Admiral Sir George Cranfield-Berkeley (1806 - 1807)
- Vice Admiral Sir John Warren (1807 - 1810)
- Vice Admiral Sir Herbert Sawyer (1810 - 1813)
- Admiral Sir John Warren (1813 - 1814)
- Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane (1814 - 1815)
- Vice Admiral Sir David Milne (1816)
- Vice Admiral Sir Edward Colpoys (1816 - 1821)
North America and West Indies Station
- Vice Admiral Sir William Fahie (1821 - 1824)
- Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Lake (1824 - 1827)
- Vice Admiral Sir Charles Ogle (1827 - 1830)
- Vice Admiral Sir Edward Colpoys (1830 - 1832)
- Vice Admiral Sir George Cockburn (1832 - 1836)
- Vice Admiral Sir Peter Halkett (1836 - 1837)
- Vice Admiral Sir Charles Paget (1837 - 1839)
- Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Harvey (1839 - 1841)
- Vice Admiral Sir Charles Adam (1841 - 1844)
- Vice Admiral Sir Francis Austen (1844 - 1848)
- Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane (1848 - 1851)
- Vice Admiral Sir George Seymour (1851 - 1853)
- Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Fanshawe (1853 - 1856)
- Vice Admiral Sir Houston Stewart (1856 - 1860)
- Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Milne (1860 - 1864)
- Vice Admiral Sir James Hope (1864 - 1867)
- Vice Admiral Sir Rodney Mundy (1867 - 1869)
- Vice Admiral Sir George Wellesley (1869 - 1870)
- Vice Admiral Sir Edward Fanshawe (1870 - 1873)
- Vice Admiral Sir George Wellesley (1873 - 1875)
- Vice Admiral Sir Astley Key (1875 - 1878)
- Vice Admiral Sir Edward Inglefield (1878 - 1879)
- Vice Admiral Sir Francis McClintock (1879 - 1882)
- Vice Admiral Sir John Commerell (1882 - 1885)
- Vice Admiral The Earl of Clanwilliam (1885 - 1886)
- Vice Admiral Sir Algernon Lyons (1886 - 1888)
- Vice Admiral Sir George Watson (1888 - 1891)
- Vice Admiral Sir John Hopkins (1891 - 1895)
- Vice Admiral Sir James Erskine (1895 - 1897)
- Vice Admiral Sir Jackie Fisher (1897 - 1899)
- Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford (1899 - 1903)
- Vice Admiral Sir Archibald Douglas (1903 - 1904)
- Vice Admiral Sir Day Bosanquet (1904 - 1907)
- Vacant (1907 - 1914)
- Vice Admiral Sir George Patey (1915 - 1916)
- Vice Admiral Sir Montague Browning (1916 - 1918)
- Vice Admiral Sir William Grant (1918 - 1919)
- Vice Admiral Sir Morgan Singer (1919)
- Vice Admiral Sir Trevylyan Napier (1919 - 1920)
- Vice Admiral Sir William Pakenham (1920 - 1923)
- Vice Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour (1923 - 1924)
- Vice Admiral Sir James Fergusson (1924 - 1926)
America and West Indies Station
- Vice Admiral Sir Walter Cowan (1926 - 1928)
- Vice Admiral Sir Cyril Fuller (1928 - 1930)
- Vice Admiral Sir Vernon Haggard (1930 - 1932)
- Vice Admiral Sir Reginald Plunkett (1932 - 1934)
- Vice Admiral Sir Matthew Best (1934 - 1937)
- Vice Admiral Sir Sidney Meyrick (1937 - 1940)
- Vice Admiral Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis (1940 - 1942)
- Vice Admiral Sir Alban Curteis (1942 - 1944)
- Vice Admiral Sir Irvine Glennie (1944 -1945)
- Vice Admiral Sir William Tennant (1946 - 1949)
- Vice Admiral Sir Richard Symonds-Tayler (1949 - 1951)
- Vice Admiral Sir William Andrewes (1951 - 1953)
- Vice Admiral Sir John Stevens (1953 - 1955)
- Vice Admiral Sir John Eaton (1955 - 1956)
References
- ^ Stout, Neil R. The Royal Navy in America, 1760-1775: A Study of Enforcement of British Colonial Policy in the Era of the American Revolution. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, 1973, p.199 via Gaspee Virtual Archives: Research Notes on Admiral John Montagu
- ^ Commanders-in-Chief, North America, 1830-99
- ^ Commanders-in-Chief 1904 - 1975
- ^ Bermuda's Royal Navy base at Ireland Island from 1815 to the 1960s
- ^ Senior Royal Navy appointments