Frederick Montresor

Frederick Montresor
Born 1811
Died 15 December 1887
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Rank Admiral
Commands held HMS Calypso
HMS Severn
East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station

Admiral Frederick Byng Montresor (1811 – 15 December 1887) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station.

Montresor was made a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1835.[1] Promoted to Captain in 1857, he took command of HMS Calypso[1] and sailed to Esquimalt in August 1858 to deal with American miners causing commotion in the Fraser River area.[2] In 1862 he transferred to the command of HMS Severn before being appointed Commander-in-Chief, East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station in January 1865.[1] He was promoter to Rear Admiral in 1867, and retired 1870.[1]

Family

He was son of General Thomas Gage Montresor, grandson of John Montresor and nephew of Henry Tucker Montresor.[3] He married Emily Delafield.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 William Loney RN
  2. ↑ Barry M. Gough, Turbulent Frontiers and British Expansion: Governor James Douglas, the Royal Navy, and the British Columbia Gold Rushes, The Pacific Historical Review, Vol. 41, No, 1 (Feb. 1972) pp. 15-32. Peter Davis, Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Calypso, accessed 30 April 2008. Peter Davis, Biography of Frederick Byng Montresor R.N.
  3. ↑ Henry Wagner, “The Huguenot Refugee Family of Montrésor”, Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London, vol. 11, opposite p. 293
  4. ↑ HMS Euryalus
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir George King (East Indies and China Station)
Sir Baldwin Walker (Cape of Good Hope Station)		 Commander-in-Chief East Indies & Cape of Good Hope Station
1865		 Succeeded by
Sir Charles Hillyar
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