Philip Charles Durham

Sir Philip Durham
Portrait as a Vice Admiral (about 1820)
Artist - Sir Henry Raeburn
Born(1763-07-29)29 July 1763
Largo, Fife, Scotland
Died2 April 1845(1845-04-02) (aged 81)
Naples, Italy
Place of burial
Largo church, Largo, Fife, Scotland
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
CommandsLeewards Islands Station
Portsmouth Command
Battles/warsAmerican War of Independence
French Revolutionary War
Napoleonic Wars
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham, GCB (baptised 29 July 1763 – 2 April 1845) was a Royal Navy officer whose service in the American War of Independence, French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic Wars was lengthy, distinguished and at times controversial.


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