Years of service 1808 - 1869 Service/branch Royal Navy Name John Kingcome Rank Admiral | Died 1871 Allegiance United Kingdom Awards Order of the Bath | |
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Commands held HMS Belleisle
HMS Simoom
HMS St George
HMS Royal William
Pacific Station Battles/wars Napoleonic Wars
First Anglo-Burmese War
First Opium War
Crimean War Battles and wars Napoleonic Wars, First Anglo-Burmese War, First Opium War, Crimean War | ||
Admiral Sir John Kingcome, KCB (died 1871) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station.
Naval career
Kingcome joined the Royal Navy in 1808 and was present at the destruction of the French ships during the Battle of the Basque Roads the following year. He also served in the First Anglo-Burmese War from 1824 to 1826.
Promoted to Captain in 1838, he commanded HMS Belleisle during the First Opium War in 1841. He later took charge of HMS Simoom and HMS St George and then commanded HMS Royal William in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1862 and retired as a full Admiral in 1869.
Kingcome Inlet on the British Columbia Coast is named after him as are other placenames in the area.