Robert Fanshawe Stopford

Admiral Robert Fanshawe Stopford (19 December 1811 – 4 January 1891) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron.

Admiral Robert Fanshawe Stopford
Born	19 December 1811
Died	4 January 1891 (1891-01-05) (aged 79)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Admiral
Commands	HMS Zebra HMS Talbot HMS Asia HMS Queen Channel Squadron
Battles / wars	Oriental Crisis

Naval career

Bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, 3 November 1840, lithograph from a sketch by Stopford

Born the son of Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, Stopford was appointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1830 and, as Commander of HMS Zebra, took part in operations off the coast of Syria during the Oriental Crisis in 1840.^[1] Promoted to captain in 1840, he was given command of HMS Talbot in which he surveyed the Skerki Channel off Sardinia.^[2] He later commanded HMS Asia and then HMS Queen.^[1] He was made Captain of the Fleet for the Channel Squadron in June 1860 and Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron in October 1860.^[1]

In retirement Stopford lived at Mount Ararat a mansion at Richmond Hill.^[3] He is buried in Richmond Old Cemetery.^[4]

Family

Grave in Richmond Old Burial Ground

In 1843 he married Emily Anna Wilbraham; they had five sons and two daughters.^[5] Following the death of his first wife in 1862, he married Lucy Hester Hornby, the daughter of Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, in 1865.^[5]

See also

• O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Stopford, Robert Fanshawe" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.