James Littleton
| James Littleton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1668 |
| Died | 1723 |
| Allegiance |
 Kingdom of Great Britain
|
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
|
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Swift Prize HMS Portland HMS Anglesea HMS Medway HMS Cambridge HMS Royal Sovereign Jamaica Station |
| Battles/wars | War of the Spanish Succession |
Vice Admiral James Littleton (1668–1723) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.
Littleton was promoted to post captain on 27 February 1693 on appointment to the command of the sixth-rate HMS Swift Prize. He transferred to the command of the fourth-rate HMS Portland in January 1796, of the fourth-rate HMS Anglesea in 1698 and of the fourth-rate HMS Medway in 1702. He went on to receive the command the third-rate HMS Cambridge in 1705 and saw action at the relief of Barcelona and in command of a naval brigade at the capture of Alicante before taking command of the first-rate HMS Royal Sovereign in 1708.
Promoted to commodore, Littleton became Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station with his broad pennant in the third-rate HMS Defiance, in 1710. He secured the capture of the San Joaquin in August 1711 during the War of the Spanish Succession.
He went on to be Commander-in-Chief at Chatham in 1714 and, having been promoted to rear admiral on 1 February 1717, second-in-command in the Baltic Sea that year. He was promoted to vice admiral on 14 Mar 1718.
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