James Gordon (Royal Navy officer) James Gordon (Royal Navy officer) Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB (6 October 1782 – 8 January 1869) was a Royal Navy officer. As a volunteer, he fought at the Battle of Groix, at the Battle of the Glorious First of June and at the Battle of Cape St Vincent during the French Revolutionary Wars and then, as a midshipman, served under Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile. Gordon became commanding officer of the 28-gun frigate which took part of a hard-fought action between three British ships and the combined forces of a
Charles Norris (Royal Navy officer) Convoys in the Winter 1944 to 1945. In 1948 he became Captain of the Fleet for the Home Fleet and in 1950 he was appointed Director of Naval Training and Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel, (Training) at the Admiralty. He was made Flag Officer, Flotillas at Malta in 1953 and Commander-in-Chief, East Indies in 1954; he retired in 1956. In retirement he became a Director of the British Productivity Council. Charles Norris (Royal Navy officer) Vice Admiral Sir Charles (Fred Wivell) Norris KBE CB DSO (1900–1989) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet.