► The Royal Navy
Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Robert Fanshawe Stopford R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 19 December 1811 | Born | ||
| 1843 | Married Emily Anna, daughter of Captain William Wilbraham RN | ||
| 4 January 1891 | Died | ||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 24 December 1830 | Lieutenant | ||
| 28 June 1838 | Commander | ||
| 4 November 1840 | Captain | ||
| 2 May 1860 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 2 April 1866 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 25 January 1871 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| 14 July 1871 | Retired Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 3 January 1839 | Commander in Zebra, Mediterranean | ||
| 1 March 1840 | Commander in Phoenix, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840) | ||
| 13 March 1841 | April 1842 | Captain in Talbot, Mediterranean | |
| 25 August 1847 | Captain in Asia, flagship of Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby, Pacific | ||
| 11 July 1855 | 15 August 1856 | Captain in Queen (until paying off at Portsmouth), Mediterranean | |
| 28 June 1860 | Captain of the Fleet, Channel squadron (flag in Royal Albert) | ||
| 10 October 1860 | 29 January 1861 | Commander-in-chief, Channel squadron (flag in Royal Albert) | |
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