James Charles Prevost

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James Charles Prevost (1810 - 1891) was an admiral in the British Royal Navy.

He was born in Bedhampton, Hampshire, England and joined the navy in 1823 and by 1850 was a Commander aboard the Portland, flagship of Rear Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby, whose daughter (Ellen Mary) he married on 18 October 1842, they had five children:

• Ellen Louisa Prevost (1843 - ?)
• James Charles Prevost (1846 - 15 May 1920)
• Annette Prevost (1849 - 1916) married General Sir Henry John Thoroton Hildyard
• George Fairfax Prevost (1851 - ?)
• Edward Augustan Prevost (1855 - ?)

He was the Commissioner for Britain in the negotiations to determine the boundary between British Columbia and the United States.

Prevost became an Admiral in 1880, and died in London in 1891.

Prevost Island in the Gulf Islands is named for him.