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Canadians Who Served as Admirals in Foreign Navies
by John M. MacFarlane 2011
Introduction
Some persons born in Canada went on to careers in Foreign navies and achieved high rank as Admirals or Commodores. Two who achieved flag rank in foreign navies retired to Canada. This is the definitive list of those names and the countries in whose navies they served.
France
- Arsac de Ternay, Charles-Henri-Louis d' – Rear-Admiral (Royal French Navy)
- Barrin De La Gallisoniere, Roland-Michel – Lieutenant-General of Naval Forces (Royal French Navy)
- Beaussier de Lisle, Louis-Joseph – Rear-Admiral (Royal French Navy)
- Bedout, Jacques – Rear-Admiral (Royal French Navy)
- Cahideuc, Emanuel-Auguste de – Vice-Admiral (Royal French Navy)
- Estourmel, Constantin-Luis d' – Rear-Admiral (Royal French Navy)
- La Rochefoucauld de Roye, Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Frederick de – Lieutenant-General (Royal French Navy)
- Le Moyne D'Iberville et D'Ardillieres, Pierre – Rear-Admiral (Royal French Navy)
- Marquis de Chaffaut – Commodore (Royal French Navy)
- Narbonne, Charles Henri – Commodore (Royal French Navy)
- Poulin de Courval, Francois-Louis – Commodore (Royal French Navy)
- Taffanel de la Jonquiere, Jacques-Pierre de – Rear-Admiral (Royal French Navy)
United States
- Galpin, Richard Robertson – Rear-Admiral (Michigan National Guard)
- Newcomb, Simon – Rear-Admiral (USN)
- Sims, William Sowden – Admiral (USN)
United Kingdom
- Baillie-Grohman, Harold Tom – Vice-Admiral (RN)
- Brock, Patrick Willet – Rear-Admiral (RN)
- Belcher, Edward – Admiral (RN)
- Bridge, Cyprian Arthur George – Admiral (RN)
- Cosby, Philip – Admiral (RN)
- Denison, John – Admiral (RN)
- Hallowell (Carew), Benjamin – Admiral (RN)
- Kingsmill, Charles Edmund – Admiral (RN)
- Pears, Edmund Radcliffe – Vice-Admiral (RN)
- Wallis, Provo William Parry – Admiral of the Fleet (RN)
- Westphal, George Augustus – Admiral (RN)
- Westphal, Philip – Admiral (RN)
- Wolseley, William – Admiral (RN)
India
- Douglas, George – Rear-Admiral (Indian Navy) (settled in Canada)
Estonia
- Pitka, Johann – Rear-Admiral (Estonian Navy) (settled in Canada)
Turkey
- Bucknam, Ransford D. – Pasha Admiral (Turkish Navy)
For More Details on These Individuals
The careers of these officers and more than 28,000 other Canadian naval personnel are outlined in the searchable Biography Database on this website. Search by last name to find out about the naval careers and lives of these men and women. Searchable Biography Database
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