Background
The fifth and youngest son of James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown, he entered the Navy on 8 November 1810 and was commissioned as Lieutenant on 17 July 1819 and as Commander on 29 January 1822.
The fifth and youngest son of James Stopford, 3rd Earl of Courtown, he entered the Navy on 8 November 1810 and was commissioned as Lieutenant on 17 July 1819 and as Commander on 29 January 1822.
Vice-Admiral The Honorary Sir Montagu Stopford Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (11 November 1798 – 10 November 1864) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He was promoted to Captain only 3 years later, on 8 April 1825, and his commands at that rank included HMS Pique (1842-1846, in the West Indies and North America), HMS Trafalgar (1850-?, during her 1850 re-commissioning), HMS Waterloo (during her 1851 commissioning, preparing her to be Vice-Admiral James Whitley Deans Dundas"s flagship in the Mediterranean, until HMS Britannia was selected for this role instead), and HMS London (during her commissioning January–March 1852).
He was captain in the Waterloo again from 1 April 1852, this time during her service as Vice-Admiral Josceline Percy"s flagship.
He left that role on 5 December 1853 on being promoted to rear admiral, becoming the Admiral superintendent of Malta Dockyard in 1855, flying his flag in HMS Ceylon. He became a Knight Commander of the Bath on 5 July 1855, and was promoted to Vice-Admiral on 25 June 1858, and finally admiral on 30 November 1863.
He had retired by 9 February 1864.
