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Commissioned {{UK-Bacchante}} on 25 November, 1902 in Chatham<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19}}.  f. 220.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 26 November, 1902.  Issue '''36935''', col F, p. 12.</ref> retaining command for just a month before being superseded by [[Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock|Christopher Cradock]] on 20 December,<ref>Cradock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20}}.  f. 699.</ref> on which date he was appointed Captain of {{UK-Andromeda}}.<ref>Brock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 220.</ref>

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Admiral Sir Frederic E. E. Brock.
Photography: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Admiral SIR Frederic Edward Errington Brock, G.B.E., K.C.M.G., C.B. (15 October, 1854 – 1 November, 1929) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Brock was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 8 December, 1879.[1]

Brock was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1893.[2]

On 12 December, 1895, Brock was appointed to the new battleship Magnificent.[3] He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1898.[4]

In December 1899, he commissioned the new second class protected cruiser Highflyer.[5]

He was appointed in command of the second class battleship Camperdown on 24 September, 1902.[6]

Commissioned Bacchante on 25 November, 1902 in Chatham[7][8] retaining command for just a month before being superseded by Christopher Cradock on 20 December,[9] on which date he was appointed Captain of Andromeda.[10]

In November 1903, he commissioned the new armoured cruiser Donegal.[11]

He was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George V on 13 February, 1907, vice Startin.[12]

Flag Rank

Brock (right) and Rear-Admiral T. H. Martyn Jerram leaving Buckingham Palace after being invested with the insignia of Companions of the Order of the Bath on 10 October, 1912.
Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Brock was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 22 March, 1908, vice Foote.[13]

Brock relieved Rear-Admiral Paul Bush as Rear-Admiral Commanding the Portsmouth Division, Home Fleet on 17 November, 1909.[14]

Brock was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 21 September, 1912.[15] He was invested with the insignia of the order by the King in an investiture at Buckingham Palace on 10 October.[16]

On 15 May, 1913, he was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, vice Fisher.[17]

Great War

He was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (K.C.M.G.) on 1 January, 1916.[18] He was appointed Vice-Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands on 20 January,[19] in succession to Colville. The Rear-Admiral in the Fourth Battle Squadron, Alexander Duff, having to deal with Brock in connection with paravanes, described him as "a difficult man to do business with."[20] He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 2 April, 1917, vice Callaghan.[21]

Brock was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 25 August, 1918.[22]

Post-War

On 3 July, 1926, Brock was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (G.B.E.) dated 5 June.[23]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 24791. p. 7324. 12 December, 1879.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26359. p. 2. 2 January, 1893.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 18 November, 1895. Issue 34737, col E, p. 7.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26983. p. 3983. 1 July, 1898.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220.
  7. ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 26 November, 1902. Issue 36935, col F, p. 12.
  9. ↑ Cradock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 699.
  10. ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 220.
  11. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27995. p. 1067. 15 February, 1907.
  13. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28122. p. 2261. 24 March, 1908.
  14. ↑ Hazell's Annual, 1910. p. 199.
  15. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28648. p. 7107. 27 September, 1912.
  16. ↑ "Court Circular" (Court and Social). The Times. Friday, 11 October, 1912. Issue 40027, col A, p. 9.
  17. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28719. p. 3514. 16 May, 1913.
  18. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29423. p. 83. 1 January, 1916.
  19. ↑ ADM 196/19. f. 221.
  20. ↑ Diary entry of 10 June, 1916. Duff Papers. National Maritime Museum. DFF/15.
  21. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30008. p. 3206. 3 April, 1917.
  22. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30881. p. 1039. 3 September, 1918.
  23. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33179. p. 4406. 3 July, 1926.

Bibliography

  • "Sir Frederic Brock" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 4 November, 1929. Issue 45351, col B, p. 14.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Paul W. Bush 		Rear-Admiral, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleet
1909 – 1910 		Succeeded by
Arthur H. Limpus

Preceded by
Frederick S. Pelham 		Senior Officer and Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar
1912 – 1915 		Succeeded by
Heathcoat S. Grant

Preceded by
The Hon. Sir Stanley C. J. Colville 		Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands
1916 – 1918 		Succeeded by
Sir Herbert G. King-Hall

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