Admiral Sir John Kingcome, KCB

Order of the Bath

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 (died 1871) was a Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station

Pacific Station

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.

Naval career

Kingcome joined the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 in 1808 and was present at the destruction of the French

France

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 ships during the Battle of the Basque Roads

Battle of the Basque Roads

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 the following year. He also served in the First Anglo-Burmese War from 1824 to 1826.

Promoted to Captain

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 in 1838, he commanded HMS Belleisle

HMS Belleisle (1819)

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 during the First Opium War

First Opium War

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 in 1841. He later took charge of HMS Simoom and HMS St George

HMS St George (1840)

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 and then commanded HMS Royal William

HMS Royal William (1833)

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 in the Baltic Sea

Baltic Sea

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 during the Crimean War

Crimean War

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. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station

Pacific Station

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 in 1862 and retired as a full Admiral in 1869.

Kingcome Inlet

Kingcome Inlet

Kingcome Inlet is one of the lesser principal fjords of the British Columbia Coast. It is sixth in sequence of the major saltwater fjords north from the 49th parallel north near Vancouver and similar in width to longer inlets such as Knight Inlet and Bute Inlet, but it is only 35 km in...

 on the British Columbia Coast

British Columbia Coast

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is named after him.