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James Steuart

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Officer of the British Navy

James Steuart (Stewart)

 

Personal Details

Date of Birth1690
Place of Birth
Father's Name
Mother's Name
MarriedAnne (???? - 1741)
Date of Death30 March 1757

Naval Service Details

Midshipman

DateShipNotes

 

Lieutenant

DateShipNotes

 

Commander

DateShipNotes

 

Captain

DateShipNotes
14 January 1709GreyhoundAppointed
DartmouthFor the Mediterranean
1716AldboroughCruising off Scotland during the Jacobite rebellion
1717Royal AnneIn Admiral Matthew Aylmer's squadron convoying the King to Holland, until 1720
5 August 1740RussellSat on a court marshall for Captain Ambrose of the Greyhound held on board the Russell
November 1740CumberlandEscorted two ships damaged by gales, Prince of Orange and Superb, to Lisbon (B040)
1741CumberlandIn the fleet under sir John Norris

 

Rear-Admiral of the Blue

DateShipNotes
6 April 1742Appointed

 

Rear-Admiral of the White

DateShipNotes
9 August 1743Appointed

 

Vice-Admiral of the Blue

DateShipNotes
7 December 1743Appointed
1744DukeSecond in command to sir John Balchen's, off the coasts of Spain and Portugal

 

Vice-Admiral of the Red

DateShipNotes
19 June 1744DukePromoted and still second in command to sir John Balchen

 

Admiral of the White

DateShipNotes
15 July 1747Appointed, but appears never to have gone to sea as a commander (B051)

 

Admiral of the Fleet

DateShipNotes
22nd November 1751Appointed

 

Other Details

 

Actions & Battles

DateSource

 

Notes

Clowes (Vol III. Footnote on page 91) gives 23 June 1744 as the date of promotion to Vice-Admiral of the Red

 

Sources

B040The Royal Navy - Vol IIIWilliam Laird Clowes
B051Biographia NavalisJohn Charnock
W015British History Online

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