Frederick Montresor

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.

Frederick Montresor
Born1811
Died15 December 1887
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Calypso
HMS Severn
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 promoted to rear-admiral in 1867, and retired in 1870.[1] In 1873, whilst on the retired list, he was further promoted to retired vice-admiral.[3]

Family

He was son of General Thomas Gage Montresor, grandson of John Montresor and nephew of Henry Tucker Montresor.[4] He married Emily Delafield.[5]

See also

  • O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Montresor, Frederick Byng" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray via Wikisource.

References

  1. 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. "No. 23987". The London Gazette. 13 June 1873. p. 2833.
  4. Henry Wagner, “The Huguenot Refugee Family of Montrésor”, Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London, vol. 11, opposite p. 293
  5. 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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