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Admiral of the Fleet SIR Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., 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 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]

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]

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sir A. D. Fanshawe" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 22 January, 1936. Issue 47278, col D, pg. 13.
  2. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 12 September, 1860. Issue 23723, col B, pg. 10.
  3. London Gazette: no. 24053. p. 137. 13 January, 1874.
  4. London Gazette: no. 25055. p. 4. 3 January, 1882.
  5. London Gazette: no. 26827. p. 1168. 26 February, 1897.
  6. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 June, 1899. Issue 35844, col D, pg. 11.

Bibliography

  • "Sir A. D. Fanshawe" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 22 January, 1936. Issue 47278, col D, pg. 13.

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