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− | [[Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)|Admiral of the Fleet]] {{SIR}} '''Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe''', G.C. | + | [[Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)|Admiral of the Fleet]] {{SIR}} '''Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe''', G.C.B., G.C.V.O., Royal Navy (2 April, 1847 – 21 January, 1936) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. |
==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== |
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Admiral of the Fleet SIR Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., Royal Navy (2 April, 1847 – 21 January, 1936) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe was born on 2 April, 1847, the son of Admiral Sir Edward Gennys Fanshawe, grandson of General Edward Fanshawe and nephew of Edward Cardwell, First Viscount Cardwell.[1] He entered the Royal Navy in September, 1860, passing the entrance examination at Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, coming twentieth out of forty-nine new scheme entrants.[2] He was promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant in June, 1867 and advanced to the rank of Lieutenant in September, 1868.[1]
On 5 January, 1874 Fanshawe was promoted to the rank of Commander after only five years as a Lieutenant, in the haul down vacancy of his father on the North America and West Indies Station.[3] Fanshawe was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1881,[4] at the relatively early age of thirty-four. From May, 1894 to February, 1897 he served as assistant to the Superintendent of Naval Reserves, and in January, 1895 was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria.[1]
Flag Rank
Fanshawe was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 23 February, 1897,[5] at the age of forty-nine years and ten months. On 1 June, 1899, he succeeded J. W. Brackenbury as second-in-command of the Channel Squadron.[6]
Promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 25 January, 1902, vice Domvile,[7] he succeeded Beaumont as Commander-in-Chief on the Australia Station at Sydney on 16 January, 1903, hoisting his flag in the Royal Arthur.[8] On 9 November, 1904, he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in the King's birthday honours.[9] He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 22 July, 1905, vice Jackson.[10]
Fanshawe succeeded Admiral Sir Robert H. Harris as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich on 1 October, 1906.[11]
On 30 April, 1910, Fanshawe was promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet, vice Sir Edward H. Seymour.[12]
On the occasion of King George V's coronation he was appointed an Additional Member of the First Class, or Knight Grand Cross, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) on 19 June, 1911.[13]
Fanshawe was placed on the Retired List on 2 April, 1917.[14]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sir A. D. Fanshawe" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 22 January, 1936. Issue 47278, col D, pg. 13.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 12 September, 1860. Issue 23723, col B, pg. 10.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 24053. p. 137. 13 January, 1874.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25055. p. 4. 3 January, 1882.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26827. p. 1168. 26 February, 1897.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 June, 1899. Issue 35844, col D, pg. 11.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27405. p. 844. 11 February, 1902.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 17 January, 1903. Issue 36980, col B, pg. 9.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27732. p. 7255. 9 November, 1904.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27822. p. 5222. 28 July, 1905.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 24 August, 1906. Issue 38107, col D, pg. 8.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28362. p. 3063. 3 May, 1910.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28505. p. 4588. 19 June, 1911.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30008. p. 3206. 3 April, 1917.
Bibliography
- "Sir A. D. Fanshawe" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 22 January, 1936. Issue 47278, col D, pg. 13.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/38.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/17.
Naval Offices | ||
Preceded by John W. Brackenbury |
Second-in-Command, Channel Squadron 1899 – 1900 |
Succeeded by Albert B. Jenkings |
Preceded by Lewis A. Beaumont |
Commander-in-Chief on the Australian Station 1903 – 1905 |
Succeeded by Sir Wilmot H. Fawkes |
Preceded by Sir Robert Hastings Harris |
President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich 1906 – 1908 |
Succeeded by Sir John Durnford |
Preceded by Sir Day H. Bosanquet |
Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth 1908 – 1910 |
Succeeded by The Hon. Sir Assheton G. Curzon-Howe |
- 1847 births
- 1936 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of September, 1860
- Naval Aides-de-Camp to Queen Victoria
- Seconds-in-Command, Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Commanders-in-Chief on the Australian Station
- Presidents of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
- Commanders-in-Chief, Portsmouth
- Royal Navy Admirals of the Fleet
- Royal Navy Flag Officers