HC Deb 18 December 1854 vol 136 c463

The Resolutions of the 15th December, giving the thanks of this House to the officers and men engaged in the military and naval operations in the Crimea and the Black Sea, having been read,

LORD JOHN RUSSELL

moved that the names of Major General Airey, Major General Estcourt, and Rear Admiral Stopford, be inserted.

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente— That the like Thanks be given to Brigadier General, now Major General, Richard Airey, Quartermaster General, and to Brigadier General, now Major General, James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt, Adjutant General.

And— That the like Thanks be given to Rear Admiral the Honourable Montagu Stopford, Companion of the Most honourable Order of the Bath, and Captain of the Fleet.