James Robert Drummond

Admiral Sir James Robert Drummond GCB (15 September 1812 – 7 October 1895) was a Royal Navy officer who commanded several ships in the Black Sea Fleet during the Crimean War and who commanded the Mediterranean Fleet from 1874 to 1877 before going on to be Fourth Naval Lord.[5] Under his command the Retribution, which was listed as having 28 guns,[6] participated in the first bombardment of Sevastopol on 17 October 1854 during the Crimean War.During the bombardment, Retribution towed or was coupled broadside to the 120-gun sailing line-of-battle ship HMS Trafalgar.Later that year, Drummond was appointed captain of the 31-gun wooden screw-corvette HMS Tribune,[7] and the following year to the 2nd rate, 2-decker 90-gun sail line of battle ship HMS Albion, both of which ships formed part of the Black Sea Fleet.[11] Captain Drummond was again Fourth Naval Lord from June 1861 to July 1866, and was promoted to Rear Admiral in January 1864.
United KingdomRoyal NavyAdmiralMediterranean FleetHMS MaeanderHMS VictoryHMS AlbionCrimean WarOrder of the BathLaurence DrummondBlack Sea FleetFourth Naval LordViscount StrathallanMediterraneanSevastopolHMS Trafalgarcorvetteline of battleGeorge Francis SeymourPrivate SecretarySir Charles WoodHMS FisgardRear AdmiralKnight Commander of the Order of the Bathvice admiralHMS Lord WardenHMS HerculesGentleman Usher of the Black RodSir George ElliotLaurence George DrummondJohn MurrayWikisourceSir Frederick PelhamSir Swynfen CarnegieCharles FrederickSir John Dalrymple-HaySir Hastings YelvertonCommander-in-Chief, Mediterranean FleetSir Geoffrey HornbySir William KnollysBlack RodSir Michael Biddulph