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[[Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)|Admiral of the Fleet]] {{SIR}} '''Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound''', G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., Royal Navy (29 August, 1877 &ndash; 21 October, 1943) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ==Early Life & Career== He was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1909.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28263/pages/4857 no. 28263. p. 4857.] 25 June, 1909.</ref> Mrs. Sheila de Molyns, the daughter of Pound's former admiral in ''Colossus'', acidly noted of his death: "It probably suited Churchill."<ref>Sheila de Moleyns. Tape recording in possession of the Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.</ref> Pound was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 1 March, 1926. Pound was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 16 January, 1935, vice [[Lionel George Preston|Preston]]. ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *"Adml. of the Fleet Sir D. Pound" (Obituaries). ''The Times''. Friday, 22 October, 1943. Issue '''49683''', col D, pg. 7. *Brodhurst, Robin (2000). ''Churchill's Anchor: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O.''. Barnsley: Leo Cooper. ISBN 0-85052-765-1. {{refend}} ==Papers== {{refbegin}} *Papers in the possession of the Imperial War Museum. Catalogue number 2176 92/53/1. {{refend}} ==Service Record== {{refbegin}} *The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7892077&queryType=1&resultcount=1 ADM 196/44.] {{refend}} {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="center" |- | colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#CEDFF2" | '''Naval Offices''' |- | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Frederic Charles Dreyer|Frederic C. Dreyer]]''' | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[Battle Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral Commanding,<br>Battle Cruiser Squadron]]'''<br>1929 &ndash; 1931 | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Wilfred Tomkinson]]''' |- | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Roger Roland Charles Backhouse|Sir Roger R. C. Backhouse]]''' | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[First Sea Lord|First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff]]'''<br>1939 &ndash; 1943 | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Andrew Browne Cunningham, First Viscount Cunningham|Sir Andrew B. Cunningham]]''' |- |} [[Category:1877 births|Pound]] [[Category:1943 deaths|Pound]] [[Category:Personalities|Pound]] [[Category:H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1891|Pound]] [[Category:Royal Navy Torpedo Officers|Pound]] [[Category:Naval Assistants to the First Sea Lord|Pound]] [[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Colossus (1910)|Pound]] [[Category:Assistant Directors of Plans (Royal Navy)|Pound]] [[Category:Director of the Operations Division (Home) (Royal Navy)|Pound]] [[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Repulse (1916)|Pound]] [[Category:Directors of Plans (Royal Navy)|Pound]] [[Category:Chiefs of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean|Pound]] [[Category:Assistant Chiefs of the Naval Staff|Pound]] [[Category:Vice-Admirals Commanding the Battle Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Pound]] [[Category:Commanders-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet (Royal Navy)|Pound]] [[Category:First Sea Lords|Pound]] [[Category:Royal Navy Admirals of the Fleet|Pound]] [[Category:Royal Navy Flag Officers|Pound]]

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