Sir Philip Durham | |
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![]() Portrait as a Vice Admiral (about 1820) Artist - Sir Henry Raeburn | |
Born | Largo, Fife, Scotland | 29 July 1763
Died | 2 April 1845 Naples, Italy | (aged 81)
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Rank | Admiral |
Commands | Leewards Islands Station Portsmouth Command |
Battles/wars | American War of Independence French Revolutionary War Napoleonic Wars |
Awards | Knight 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.