Q: Generate a correct and concise answer for the question based on the words in the context.
Context : Admiral Sir Barrington Reynolds, GCB (1786 -- 3 August 1861), was a senior and long-serving officer of the British Royal Navy who went to sea with his father aged only nine during the French Revolutionary Wars and was captured by the French aged eleven.
Question : What armed force was Barrington Reynolds a part of?
A:
Royal Navy