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John Durnford
Admiral Sir John Durnford GCB DSO (6 February 1849 – 13 June 1914) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station.
==Naval career==
Educated at Eton College and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Durnford joined the Royal Navy in 1862 served in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of 1885 to 1886 for which he was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the DSO.〔(Anglo-Boer War )〕 Promoted to Captain in 1888, he commanded the torpedo school HMS ''Vernon'' from 1895 to 1899.〔 In October 1899 he was appointed in command of the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS ''Jupiter'', serving in the Channel Fleet, and in December the following year he was appointed to ''Algiers'' for the Medway steam reserve.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Royal Navy senior appointments )〕
Durnford became Junior Naval Lord in February 1901 and was promoted to Rear admiral on 1 January 1902. He served as Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station from 1904 to 1907.〔 He was President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich from 1908 to 1911 and retired in 1913.〔
He lived at Elmshurst in Fareham.〔Obituary: Admiral Sir John Durnford, The Times, 15 June 1914〕
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