James Charles Prevost

He was born in Bedhampton, Hampshire, England, the son of Rear-Admiral James Prevost[1] and his first wife Frances née Haultain.

On 30 December he received his first officer's posting as "additional lieutenant" aboard the 120-gun first rate HMS Caledonia, at the time the flagship of Admiral Josias Rowley in the British Mediterranean Fleet.

[3] Pembroke's crew were paid off in 1840 and Prevost was transferred as senior lieutenant to HMS Victor, an ageing 18-gun brig-sloop attached to a flotilla bound for the West Indies.

[2] Thereafter he prolonged his stay in London via a sinecure appointment as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Charles Rowley who was serving as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

In later life he served Commissioner for Britain in negotiations to settle the San Juan Island boundary dispute between British Columbia and the United States.