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:Interview with Sir F. Bridgeman [First Sea Lord] who told me in a confidential way that both Mediterranean & Portsmouth had been offered to and accepted by others, that the First Lord would tell me this when I saw him at an interview which Bridgeman had kindly arranged &mdash; At the interview with the First Lord he told me that Meux and Milne had to be provided for that he would have been quite willing to have entrusted me with the Mediterranean but that Milne as a bachelor did not want Devonport and was anxious for the Mediterranean and that he should hold to what he had on [?] finally intended that I should have Devonport when vacant.<ref>Diary entry for 27 March, 1912.  Liddle Collection.  University of Leeds.  Egerton Papers.  RNMN/EGERTON/1.</ref>
 
:Interview with Sir F. Bridgeman [First Sea Lord] who told me in a confidential way that both Mediterranean & Portsmouth had been offered to and accepted by others, that the First Lord would tell me this when I saw him at an interview which Bridgeman had kindly arranged &mdash; At the interview with the First Lord he told me that Meux and Milne had to be provided for that he would have been quite willing to have entrusted me with the Mediterranean but that Milne as a bachelor did not want Devonport and was anxious for the Mediterranean and that he should hold to what he had on [?] finally intended that I should have Devonport when vacant.<ref>Diary entry for 27 March, 1912.  Liddle Collection.  University of Leeds.  Egerton Papers.  RNMN/EGERTON/1.</ref>
  
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On 14 February, 1913, Egerton attended the Memorial Service at St. Paul's Cathedral "for those perished in the Antarctic Expedition early in 1912."<ref>"The Polar Disaster" (News).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 15 February, 1913.  Issue '''40136''', col A, pg. 8.  A copy of the service lies in the Egerton Papers at the University of Leeds.</ref>
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On 14 February, 1913, Egerton attended the Memorial Service at St. Paul's Cathedral "for those perished in the Antarctic Expedition early in 1912."<ref>"The Polar Disaster" (News).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 15 February, 1913.  Issue '''40136''', col A, pg. 8.  A copy of the service lies in the Egerton Papers at the University of Leeds.</ref>  On 6 March he had an audience with the King, "He seems much disturbed at our not having yet made a start with Airships, and at Germany raising 50 millions of money for her army."<ref>Diary entry for 6 March, 1913.  Liddle Collection.  University of Leeds.  Egerton Papers.  RNMN/EGERTON/2.</ref>  
  
 
On 19 February Egerton's eyes were tested by Arnold & Sons Opticians of Southsea for reading glasses. In his right eye the measurements were Sph. +2.25 D, Cyl. +.75 D, and in the left Sph. +2.25 D, Cyl. +.75 D.<ref name=Liddle>RNMN/Egerton/2.  Liddle Collection.  University of Leeds.</ref>
 
On 19 February Egerton's eyes were tested by Arnold & Sons Opticians of Southsea for reading glasses. In his right eye the measurements were Sph. +2.25 D, Cyl. +.75 D, and in the left Sph. +2.25 D, Cyl. +.75 D.<ref name=Liddle>RNMN/Egerton/2.  Liddle Collection.  University of Leeds.</ref>
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On 15 July, 1913 [[Clements Robert Markham|Clements Markham]] invited him to stay at his Eccleston Square address if he was "coming yo to the great show of the order of the Bath" so that they could go together.<ref>Letter of 13 July, 1913.  Liddle Collection.  University of Leeds.  Egerton Papers.  RNMN/EGERTON/2.</ref>  He went up on the 21st and stayed with the Markhams.  Lady Scott, Captain Scott's widow, was also a guest.<ref>Diary entry for 21 July, 1913.  Liddle Collection.  University of Leeds.  Egerton Papers.  RNMN/EGERTON/2.</ref>
  
 
Egerton had scheduled a game of golf with Midshipman Prince Albert on 14 March, 1914, but the night before the prince fell out of his hammock and injured his eye on his sea chest and was put on the sick list.<ref name=Liddle/>
 
Egerton had scheduled a game of golf with Midshipman Prince Albert on 14 March, 1914, but the night before the prince fell out of his hammock and injured his eye on his sea chest and was put on the sick list.<ref name=Liddle/>

Revision as of 06:45, 25 June 2010

Admiral SIR George Le Clerc Egerton, K.C.B., Royal Navy (17 October, 1852 – 30 March, 1940) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

In Admiral Egerton's desk diary for 1912 are some interesting lines of verse, dated 14 February, 1912. The first verse is reproduced:

Should a charming Miss Naylor
Remember a sailor
Whom she met one Friday to Monday
Would she deem it assumption
If he had the presumption
In this way to gently remind her.
I wonder.

In February Egerton travelled to London to sit on the Interview Committee. Also sitting on the committee were Captain Ellerton, Mr. R. Carter (Headmaster of Bedford Grammar School), Mr. E. Hussey Packe and Mr. Steel of the Admiralty.[1]

On Friday, 8 March Egerton had an audience with the King:

[H]e spoke most sympathetically about my removal from the Admiralty … he was going to suggest to the First Lord that Poë should be offered Portsmouth when Moore retires & that I should go to the Mediterranean. I thanked his Majesty for this mark of his approval.[2]

His entry for 27 March is quite illuminating:

Interview with Sir F. Bridgeman [First Sea Lord] who told me in a confidential way that both Mediterranean & Portsmouth had been offered to and accepted by others, that the First Lord would tell me this when I saw him at an interview which Bridgeman had kindly arranged — At the interview with the First Lord he told me that Meux and Milne had to be provided for that he would have been quite willing to have entrusted me with the Mediterranean but that Milne as a bachelor did not want Devonport and was anxious for the Mediterranean and that he should hold to what he had on [?] finally intended that I should have Devonport when vacant.[3]

On 14 February, 1913, Egerton attended the Memorial Service at St. Paul's Cathedral "for those perished in the Antarctic Expedition early in 1912."[4] On 6 March he had an audience with the King, "He seems much disturbed at our not having yet made a start with Airships, and at Germany raising 50 millions of money for her army."[5]

On 19 February Egerton's eyes were tested by Arnold & Sons Opticians of Southsea for reading glasses. In his right eye the measurements were Sph. +2.25 D, Cyl. +.75 D, and in the left Sph. +2.25 D, Cyl. +.75 D.[6]

On 15 July, 1913 Clements Markham invited him to stay at his Eccleston Square address if he was "coming yo to the great show of the order of the Bath" so that they could go together.[7] He went up on the 21st and stayed with the Markhams. Lady Scott, Captain Scott's widow, was also a guest.[8]

Egerton had scheduled a game of golf with Midshipman Prince Albert on 14 March, 1914, but the night before the prince fell out of his hammock and injured his eye on his sea chest and was put on the sick list.[6]

Admiral Egerton was placed on the Retired List on 9 June, 1916.[9]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Diary entries for 5 February to 7 February, 1912. Liddle Collection. University of Leeds. Egerton Papers. RNMN/EGERTON/1.
  2. ↑ Diary entry for 8 March, 1912. Liddle Collection. University of Leeds. Egerton Papers. RNMN/EGERTON/1.
  3. ↑ Diary entry for 27 March, 1912. Liddle Collection. University of Leeds. Egerton Papers. RNMN/EGERTON/1.
  4. ↑ "The Polar Disaster" (News). The Times. Saturday, 15 February, 1913. Issue 40136, col A, pg. 8. A copy of the service lies in the Egerton Papers at the University of Leeds.
  5. ↑ Diary entry for 6 March, 1913. Liddle Collection. University of Leeds. Egerton Papers. RNMN/EGERTON/2.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 RNMN/Egerton/2. Liddle Collection. University of Leeds.
  7. ↑ Letter of 13 July, 1913. Liddle Collection. University of Leeds. Egerton Papers. RNMN/EGERTON/2.
  8. ↑ Diary entry for 21 July, 1913. Liddle Collection. University of Leeds. Egerton Papers. RNMN/EGERTON/2.
  9. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29621. p. 5828. 13 June, 1916.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir George Egerton" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 2 April, 1940. Issue 48579, col C, pg. 10.

Papers

  • Papers in the possession of the Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.

Service Records


Board of Admiralty
Preceded by
Sir Francis Bridgeman 		Second Sea Lord
1911 – 1911 		Succeeded by
Prince Louis of Battenberg
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