James Goodrich (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Sir James Edward Clifford Goodrich KCVO (28 June 1851 – 1 September 1925) was the last Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station.

Naval career
Goorich was appointed a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1872. Promoted to Captain in 1895, he was given command of HMS London and then served as Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station from his appointment in 1903 to its closure in 1905. Improved communications, the signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance and the need to concentrate warships in British waters to counter the developing German High Seas Fleet, meant that the station was closed down at sunset on 1 March 1905. Promoted to Rear Admiral in October 1905, he was appointed Admiral Superintendent of the Gibraltar Dockyard in 1906. His final promotion was to Admiral in 1913 on his retirement, although he was recalled to serve as a Captain in the Royal Naval Reserve during World War I.

He died in 1925 and a memorial to him stands in St Cyr's Churchyard in Stinchcombe in Gloucestershire.

Family
He married Adeline Rose Helbert who helped with the founding of West Downs School.