Royal Navy commanders on the East India Station
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Date
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Name
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Notes
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1744
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Commodore Curtis Barnett
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1746
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Admiral Thomas Griffin
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1747
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Admiral Hon. Edward Boscawen
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1750
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Commodore William Lisle
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1754
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Admiral Charles Watson
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1755
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Admiral Sir George Pocock
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1757
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Admiral Charles Stevens
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1759
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Admiral Samuel Cornish
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1769
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Admiral Sir John Lindsay
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1771
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Admiral Sir Robert Harland
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1776
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Admiral Sir Edward Hughes
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1778
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Admiral Hon. Sir Edward Vernon
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1782
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Admiral Sir Hyde Parker
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Lost in the wreck of HMS Cato, 1782
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1782
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Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton
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1784
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Commodore Andrew Mitchell
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1785
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Commdore Charles Hughes
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1787
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Commdore Hon. William Cornwallis
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1794
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Admiral Peter Rainier
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1795
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Admiral Sir George Keith Elphinstone
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1796
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Admiral Thomas Pringle
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1797
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Admiral Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian
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1800
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Admiral John Blankett
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1804
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Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
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1808
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Admiral William O'Bryen Drury
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Died on station in 1811
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1811
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Admiral Sir Samuel Hood
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Died on station in 1814, temporarily replaced by Commodore William Robert Broughton
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1814
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Admiral George Burlton
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1815
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Admiral Sir George Sayer
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1816
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Admiral Sir Richard King
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1819
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Admiral Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood
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1823
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Commodore Charles Grant
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1800
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Admiral John Blankett
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MORE TO COME
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Sources:[1]
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