Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Elphinstone Erskine, was a Scottish Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he served on the North America and West Indies Station. This was a difficult time in relation
Sir James Erskine
Venlaw, Erskine's home in Peeblesshire
The cruiser HMS Crescent, Erskine's flagship as Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station
The Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland was both an admiral's post and a naval formation of the Royal Navy. It was based at Queenstown, now Cobh, in Ireland from 1793 to 1919. The admiral's headquart
Queenstown harbour in 1871
Admiralty House, Cobh, residence of the Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland Station from 1886 to 1922