caption serviceyears branch commands death_date death_place allegiance awards nationality battles birth_date rank residence image article_title name
admiral sparrowhawk , on the pacific station hastings , centre , with officers of hms 1824 & ndash ; 1876 united kingdom pacific station nore command 21 march 1876 41 stanhope gardens , south kensington , london united kingdom companion of the order of the bath british first opium war crimean war 28 november 1814 vice-admiral united kingdom 300px george fowler hastings
 george fowler hastings
george fowler hastings

vice-admiral george fowler hastings cb -lrb- 28 november 1814 -- 21 march 1876 -rrb- was an officer of the royal navy , who saw service during the first opium war and the crimean war .
in a naval career spanning over 50 years hastings saw service across the british empire , and rose to the rank of vice-admiral .
his service as commander in chief on the pacific station of the royal navy at esquimalt on the british columbia coast of what is now canada is today commemorated in the names of several locations and geographic features .
