Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington GCB (12 December 1803 – 28 May 1877) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the Crimean War.

Stephen entered the navy shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and after serving under a number of officers in far-flung locations like the Mediterranean and the South American coast, rose through the ranks.

He rose to admiral during his last years, served as lieutenant-governor of Greenwich Hospital, and died in 1877 a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath and with a collection of foreign honours.

[1][2] The younger Stephen Lushington embarked on a naval career, joining the 36-gun HMS Tagus on 17 October 1816 under Captain James Whitley Deans Dundas.

[1][2] Lushington was particularly active in the cruises against pirates in the Aegean Sea, and took part in a number of boat actions, that saw him promoted to lieutenant on 13 July 1824.

Zebra was at this time fitting out for the Mediterranean, and sometime after his arrival there, on 7 December 1825, he transferred to the 48-gun HMS Cambrian under Captain Gawen William Hamilton.

[2] His service, including continued action with pirates while with Cambrian, brought him to Admiral Sir Edward Codrington's attention.

[4] Lushington supported the Morea expedition during 1828, and was part of a squadron under Captain Edmund Lyons aboard HMS Blonde working with the French fleet under Vice-Admiral Henri de Rigny.

Vice-Admiral Pulteney Malcolm forwarded Rigny's letter to the Admiralty, noting that it showed Lushington's "exertions and skill.

[3][6] A long period of unemployment followed, he was ashore for nearly ten years before finally appointed to take command of the 26-gun HMS Cleopatra on 19 January 1839, and sail her to the West Indies.

[7] Lushington was promoted to rear-admiral on 4 July 1855, and the following day was nominated a Knight Commander of the Bath, an Officier and Commandeur of the Legion of Honour by France, and decorated with the Order of the Medjidie, Second Class, by the Ottoman Empire.

^ Translated as "I would like to recognize the active and cordial support you and the officers and marines under your command have given us, either before or since my arrival here, particularly in the day, yesterday, the cannons of the Blonde and the service of the bomb of Captain Lushington, have both contributed to shorten the resistance of the castle of Moree."