Edmund Radcliffe Pears

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Admiral Sir Edmund R. Pears, 1920.
© National Portrait Gallery, London.

Vice-Admiral SIR Edmund Radcliffe Pears, K.B.E., C.B., R.N. (25 April, 1862 – 21 June, 1941) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Pears was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1885.[1]

For his services in Benin, Pears was specially promoted to the rank of Commander on 25 May, 1897.[2]

Pears was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1903.[3]

He assumed command of the first class protected cruiser Diadem in January 1905, but only for a single month.

In June 1906, he assumed command of the second class protected cruiser Arrogant.

He was appointed command of the battleship Triumph on 12 November, 1907.[4]

He was appointed as Captain of the battleship Agamemnon on 5 April, 1910.[5]

On 21 December, 1911, Pears was appointed Inspecting Captain of Boys' Training Ships.[6] On 5 April, 1913, he was appointed to Impregnable as Commodore, Second Class "in Charge of Boys' Training Service."[7] In the naval manœuvres of that year, he was given command of the Tenth Cruiser Squadron.[8]

Pears was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 February, 1914, vice Bradford.[9]

Great War

Pears was appointed to fly his flag at Invergordon on 13 August, 1914.[10]

He was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1917.[11]

Post-War

Pears was appointed a Knight Commander in the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.) on 1 January, 1919.[12] He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 9 January vice Troubridge.[13] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 24 January, 1920,[14] and was promoted to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 3 March, 1924.[15]

Bibliography

  • "Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund Pears" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 24 June, 1941. Issue 48960, col E, p. 7.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Perseus
12 Mar, 1901[16] – 3 Jan, 1904[17] 		Succeeded by
Marcus R. Hill
Preceded by
Frederick St. G. Rich 		Captain of H.M.S. Diadem
3 Jan, 1905[18] – 23 Feb, 1905[19] 		Succeeded by
Herbert W. Savory
Preceded by
Evelyn R. Le Marchant 		Captain of H.M.S. Argonaut
23 Feb, 1905[20] – 1 Apr, 1905[21] 		Succeeded by
John G. Hewitt
Preceded by
Reginald N. Custance 		Captain of H.M.S. Blenheim
1 Apr, 1905[22] – 8 Jun, 1906[23] 		Succeeded by
Henry Harvey Bruce
Preceded by
John P. Rolleston 		Captain of H.M.S. Arrogant
8 Jun, 1906[24] – 9 Sep, 1907[25] 		Succeeded by
Ralph Hudleston
Preceded by
Richard B. Farquhar 		Captain of H.M.S. Triumph
12 Nov, 1907[26] – 29 Mar, 1909[27] 		Succeeded by
William C. Pakenham
Preceded by
William C. Pakenham 		Captain of H.M.S. Glory
29 Mar, 1909[28] – 20 Apr, 1909[29] 		Succeeded by
Marcus R. Hill
Preceded by
Maurice S. FitzMaurice 		Captain of H.M.S. Trafalgar
21 Apr, 1909[30] – 5 Apr, 1910[31] 		Succeeded by
Francis W. Kennedy
Preceded by
Bernard Currey 		Captain of H.M.S. Agamemnon
5 Apr, 1910[32] – 21 Dec, 1911[33] 		Succeeded by
Arthur Hayes-Sadler
Preceded by
John M. de Robeck 		Inspecting Captain of Boys' Training Ships
21 Dec, 1911[34] – 5 Jul, 1913[35] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Theobald W. B. Kennedy 		Captain of H.M.S. Royal Arthur
15 Jul, 1913[36] – 10 Oct, 1913[37] 		Succeeded by
George C. Hardy
Preceded by
? 		Rear-Admiral Commanding, Tenth Cruiser Squadron
15 Jul, 1913[38] – 29 Jun, 1914[39] 		Succeeded by
Charles L. Napier
Preceded by
Charles D. Johnson 		Captain of H.M.S. Powerful
10 Oct, 1913[40] – 29 Jun, 1914[41] 		Succeeded by
?
 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25485. p. 3002. 30 June, 1885.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26856. p. 2929. 25 May, 1897.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27632. p. 25. 1 January, 1904.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 387.
  5. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 14 March, 1910. Issue 39219, col E, p. 7.
  6. ↑ "Greenwich Hospital Chapel" (News). The Times. Thursday, 21 December, 1911. Issue 39774, col G, p. 4.
  7. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 8 April, 1913. Issue 40180, col F, p. 5.
  8. ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 10 June, 1913. Issue 40234, col B, p. 5.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28801. p. 1176. 13 February, 1914.
  10. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 3.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29886. p. 1. 1 January, 1917.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31099. p. 111. 1 January, 1919.
  13. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31136. p. 1073. 21 January, 1919.
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31779. p. 1831. 13 February, 1920.
  15. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32919. p. 2323. 18 March, 1924.
  16. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  17. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  18. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  19. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  20. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  21. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  22. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  23. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  24. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  25. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  26. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  27. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  28. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  29. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  30. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 86.
  31. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  32. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  33. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  34. ↑ "Greenwich Hospital Chapel" (News). The Times. Thursday, 21 December, 1911. Issue 39774, col G, p. 4.
  35. ↑ Inferred from Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  36. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  37. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  38. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  39. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  40. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  41. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.

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