Charles Elliot (Royal Navy officer)
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Admiral of the Fleet
Sir Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot KCB
(12 December 1818 – 21 May 1895) was a Royal Navy
officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
.
, Elliot joined the Royal Navy
in 1832. Promoted Commander
in 1840, he took charge of HMS Hazard
later that year. Promoted Captain
in 1841 he commanded HMS Spartan and then, during the Second Opium War
, HMS Sybille. Later he commanded HMS Cressy and then HMS St Jean d'Acre
.
He was appointed Commander-in-chief, South East Coast of America in 1864, Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1870 and Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
in 1880. He retired in 1888.
Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)
Admiral of the fleet is the highest rank of the British Royal Navy and other navies, which equates to the NATO rank code OF-10. The rank still exists in the Royal Navy but routine appointments ceased in 1996....
Sir Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot KCB
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
(12 December 1818 – 21 May 1895) was a Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
The Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth was a senior commander of the Royal Navy for hundreds of years. Plymouth Command was a name given to the units, establishments, and staff operating under the admiral's command. In the nineteenth century the holder of the office was known as Commander-in-Chief,...
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Naval career
Born the son of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of MintoGilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto GCB, PC , styled as Viscount Melgund between 1813 and 1814, was a British diplomat and Whig politician.-Background and education:...
, Elliot joined the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
in 1832. Promoted Commander
Commander
Commander is a naval rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the armed forces, particularly in police and law enforcement.-Commander as a naval...
in 1840, he took charge of HMS Hazard
HMS Hazard (1837)
HMS Hazard was an 18-gun Favorite-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1837 from Portsmouth Dockyard.Hazard operated in Russell in New Zealand during the Flagstaff War between 11 March 1845 and 11 January 1846. She served as part of a naval contingent used to maintain peace in the...
later that year. Promoted Captain
Captain (naval)
Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....
in 1841 he commanded HMS Spartan and then, during the Second Opium War
Second Opium War
The Second Opium War, the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war pitting the British Empire and the Second French Empire against the Qing Dynasty of China, lasting from 1856 to 1860...
, HMS Sybille. Later he commanded HMS Cressy and then HMS St Jean d'Acre
HMS St Jean d'Acre (1853)
HMS St Jean d'Acre was the Royal Navy's first 101 gun screw two-decker line-of-battle ship. She served in the Crimean War.The St Jean d'Acre was a Surveyor's Department design. The design was approved on 15 February 1851, and she was ordered the same day. Her keel was laid down at Devonport...
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He was appointed Commander-in-chief, South East Coast of America in 1864, Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1870 and Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
The Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth was a senior commander of the Royal Navy for hundreds of years. Plymouth Command was a name given to the units, establishments, and staff operating under the admiral's command. In the nineteenth century the holder of the office was known as Commander-in-Chief,...
in 1880. He retired in 1888.