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George Cockburn commanded the HMS Northumberland on the voyage to St. Helena. He served briefly as Napoleon's jailor at St Helena and as Governor of the Island and went on to become Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord. Cockburn served in the Royal Navy from 1786 to 1846 having first gone to sea at the age of 14.

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