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Edmund Heathcote
Died 24 October 1881
Allegiance
 United Kingdom
Service/branch
 Royal Navy
Rank Admiral
Commands held
HMS Highflyer
HMS Archer
HMS Doris
HMS Ajax
HMS Hawke
HMS Frederick William
Queenstown

Admiral Edmund Heathcote (died 24 October 1881) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown.



Naval career


Heathcote became commanding officer of the frigate HMS Highflyer in December 1852, commanding officer of the sloop HMS Archer in February 1854 and commanding officer of the frigate HMS Doris in March 1859.[1] He went on to be commanding officer of the third-rate HMS Ajax in February 1861, commanding officer of the third-rate HMS Hawke in January 1864 and commanding officer of the first-rate HMS Frederick William in March 1865.[1] His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown in May 1871 before he retired in January 1874.[2]



References





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  2. ^ "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2014.










Military offices
Preceded by
Arthur Forbes

Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown
1871–1874
Succeeded by
Robert Coote



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