Edmond Hyde Parker
Admiral Edmond Hyde Parker, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (30 January, 1868 – 19 August, 1951) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
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Life & Career
Hyde Parker attained 1,043 marks in the entrance examination. Because four candidates who had been nominated for the Navy had failed the examination, and another candidate's health precluded him from joining, cadetships were given to the five candidates who had scored the highest in the exam. Hyde Parker had placed first of the five.[1]
Hyde Parker was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1891.[2]
Hyde Parker was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1901.[3]
Captain
He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1906.[4]
On 28 May, 1907, Parker was appointed in command of the cruiser Niobe, and as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Harry S. F. Niblett, commanding the Devonport Division of the Home Fleet.[5]
He was appointed to command Minerva.
Great War
On 28 November, 1914, Endymion was paid off. He was appointed to Pomone as Captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, temporarily, from 28 December to 20 February, 1915. On the latter date he took command of the battleship Superb in the Grand Fleet.[6][7]
Hyde Parker was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 23 October, 1917, vice Tudor, promoted to Vice-Admiral.[8]
He was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1918,[9] for his services in command of Superb. On 1 September he was appointed Director of the Mobilisation Department at the Admiralty.[10]
Post-War
He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 25 March, 1923, vice Ley, and was placed on the Retired List on 26 March.[11]
He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 1 August, 1927.[12]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 29 June, 1881. Issue 30233, col D, pg. 7.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26149. p. 1870. 3 April, 1891.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27335. p. 4780. 19 July, 1901.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27927. p. 4466. 29 June, 1906.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 22 May, 1907. Issue 38339, col C, pg. 6.
- ↑ Navy List (October, 1915). p. 398l.
- ↑ ADM 196/43. f. 2.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30369. p. 11474. 6 November, 1917.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30451. p. 79. 1 January, 1918.
- ↑ ADM 196/43. f. 2.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 32811. p. 2511. 3 April, 1923.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33300. p. 5105. 5 August, 1927.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Edmond Hyde Parker" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 22 August, 1951. Issue 52086, col E, pg. 8.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/88.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Trevylyan D. W. Napier |
Captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth 1914 – 1915 |
Succeeded by Norman C. Palmer |
| Preceded by Michael Culme-Seymour |
Director of the Mobilisation Department 1918 – 1921 |
Succeeded by George H. Baird |
- 1869 births
- 1951 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1881
- Captains of H.M.S. Empress of India (1891)
- Captains of H.M.S. Niobe (1895)
- Flag Captains to the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
- Captains of H.M.S. Minerva (1895)
- Captains of H.M.S. Endymion (1891)
- Senior Officers of the Training Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Captains of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
- Captains of H.M.S. Superb (1907)
- Directors of the Mobilisation Department (Royal Navy)
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
