James Whitley Deans Dundas
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Admiral Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas
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| Born | 4 December 1785 |
| Died | 3 October 1862 (aged 76) Weymouth, Dorset |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1799–1857 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Tagus HMS Prince Regent HMS Britannia Mediterranean Fleet |
| Battles/wars |
Napoleonic Wars Crimean War |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas GCB (4 December 1785 – 3 October 1862) was a Royal Navy officer. He took part in the Napoleonic Wars, first as a junior officer when he took part in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in Autumn 1799 and later as a commander when he was in action at Copenhagen Dockyard shortly after the capture of that City in August 1807. He also served as Whig Member of Parliament for Greenwich and then for Devizes and became First Naval Lord in the First Russell ministry in July 1847 and in that role his service was dominated by the needs of Whig party. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean in 1852 and led all naval operations in the Black Sea including the bombardment of Sevastopol in October 1854 during the Crimean War.
Born the son of Dr James Deans (of Calcutta) and Janet Deans (née Dundas), James Deans, as he then was, joined the Royal Navy in March 1799. He initially joined the third-rate HMS Kent and took part in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in Autumn 1799 during the War of the Second Coalition. In 1802 he saw action in combat with the French ship Duguay Trouin and was also involved with the capture of La Vautour. Promoted to lieutenant on 25 May 1805, he joined the fifth-rate HMS Cambrian and took part in capturing three privateers that year. After serving for a few weeks as flag-lieutenant to Admiral The Hon. George Berkeley on the North American Station and having been promoted to commander on 8 October 1806, he was given command of the fifth-rate HMS Rosamond but was injured while putting out a fire at Copenhagen Dockyard shortly after the capture of that City in August 1807. Promoted to captain on 13 October 1807, he briefly took command of the fifth-rate HMS Cambrian. Following his marriage to Janet Dundas he assumed the surname of Dundas in April 1808.
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