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Admiral SIR Alan Geoffrey Hotham, K.C.M.G., C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (3 October 1876 – 10 July 1965) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Hotham was a first-class cricket player for Hampshire at the turn of the century.

He was appointed in command of the second class protected cruiser Æolus on 23 May, 1911.[1]

Hotham was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1913.

In June 1914, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Aurora.[2] He was relieved in this post by Wilmot Stuart Nicholson on 11 November, 1914.[3]

He was appointed in command of the light cruiser Comus in February 1915,[4] remaining in her through the Battle of Jutland where she supported the Grand Fleet as part of the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron.[5]

He was made Director of the Trade Division on 1 October, 1917.[6]

Post-War

Hotham was appointed Captain of H.M.S. Chatham on 24 May, 1920.[7]

As a Rear-Admiral, on 15 August, 1924, he was made Director of the Director of Naval Intelligence, holding the post for two years.[8]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 273.
  2. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  3. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 279.
  4. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  6. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 122.
  7. The Monthly Navy List (December, 1920). p. 953-8.
  8. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 124.

Bibliography

Papers

Service Records

See Also

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