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Admiral Sir John Kingcome, KCB (died 1871) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station. ==Naval career== Kingcome joined the Royal Navy in 1808〔(William Loney RN )〕 and was present at the destruction of the French ships during the Battle of the Basque Roads the following year.〔(A Fine and Unusual Naval K.C.B. Group to Admiral Sir J. Kingcome, Royal Navy ) Christies〕 He also served in the First Anglo-Burmese War from 1824 to 1826.〔 Promoted to Captain in 1838, he commanded HMS ''Belleisle'' during the First Opium War in 1841.〔 He later took charge of HMS ''Simoom'' and HMS ''St George'' and then commanded HMS ''Royal William''〔 in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War.〔 He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1862 and retired as a full Admiral in 1869.〔 Kingcome Inlet on the British Columbia Coast is named after him as are other placenames in the area.
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