Frederick Henry Stirling

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Vice-Admiral Frederick Henry Stirling (1829 – 23 November, 1885) served in the Royal Navy. Prior to some point in the 1850s, it appears he spelled his first name as "Frederic".

Life & Career

Stirling was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 29 May, 1848.[1]

Stirling was promoted to the rank of Commander on 25 March 1854.[2]

Stirling was promoted to the rank of Captain on 19 November, 1860.[3]

Stirling was appointed in command of the screw corvette Clio, and as Commodore Second Class in Command of Australian States from 22 February 1870, hoisting pendant on 3 September 1870. He gave up command on 16 October, 1873.[4]

Stirling was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 22 January, 1877.[5]

Stirling was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 31 December, 1881.[6]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Henry Boys
Captain of H.M.S. Warrior
21 Aug, 1869[7] – 22 Feb, 1870[8]
Succeeded by
Henry C. Glyn
Preceded by
Rowley Lambert
Commander-in-Chief, Australian Station
8 Apr, 1870[9] – 22 May, 1873[10]
Succeeded by
James G. Goodenough
Preceded by
Algernon F. R. de Horsey
Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station
21 Jul, 1879[11]
Succeeded by
Algernon McL. Lyons

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1850). p. 274.
  2. The Navy List. (October, 1856). p. 312.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1869). p. 422.
  4. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1144. f. 1287.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 56.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1883). p. 56.
  7. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1144. f. 1287.
  8. Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1144. f. 1287.
  9. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  10. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 89.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1880). p. 188.