Frederick Montresor
Born1811
Died15 December 1887
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS 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]

He was 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, while 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] In 1851, 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. 1 2 3 4 Profile: Frederick Byng Montresor R.N., pdavis.nl. Accessed 15 January 2023.
  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 (February 1972), pp. 15-32.
  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". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
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