George Egerton (Royal Navy officer)

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Sir George Egerton
Born 17 October 1852
Died 30 March 1940
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy
Years of service 1866 – 1916
Rank Admiral
Unit Royal Navy
Commands held HMS Majestic
Cape of Good Hope Station
Plymouth Command
Battles/wars World War I
Awards Knight Commander, Order of Bath

Admiral Sir George Le Clerc Egerton, KCB (17 October 1852 – 30 March 1940) was a senior Royal Navy officer from the Egerton family who rose to become Second Sea Lord.

Naval career

Egerton joined the Royal Navy in 1866.[1] He served on the Arctic Expedition of 1875-76.[1] In 1893 he was promoted to Captain and appointed a Naval Attaché before serving with the Naval Brigade in Mombasa in 1895,[1] and he was Chief of Staff for the Benin Expedition in 1897.[1]

By early 1900 he was in command of the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Majestic, serving as flagship to Vice-Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet.[2] In June 1901 he was transferred to the President for service as Assistant Director of Torpedoes at the Admiralty,[3] a position he left the following February when he transferred to the torpedo school ship Vernon.[4]

He was appointed Second-in-Command of the Atlantic Fleet in 1906:[1] Egerton flew his flag on HMS Victorious, with Captain Robert Scott as his flag captain.[5] He became Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station in 1908 and Second Sea Lord in 1911.[1] He served in World War I as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.[1] He had previously served as ADC to King Edward VII, and retired in 1916.[1]

Family

A grandson of The Rev Sir Philip Grey-Egerton, 9th Bt, he married first in 1882 Frances Emily Gladstone; they had two sons and a daughter.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. "Navel & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 1 February 1900. (36054), p. 6.
  3. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 30 May 1901. (36468), p. 4.
  4. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 16 January 1902. (36666), p. 7.
  5. Preston, Diana: A First Rate Tragedy: Captain Scott's Antarctic Expeditions Constable (pb edition), page 86, London, 1999 ISBN 0-09-479530-4 OCLC 59395617
  6. The Peerage.com

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Military offices
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station
1908–1910
Succeeded by
Paul Bush
Preceded by Second Sea Lord
1911
Succeeded by
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
1913–1916
Succeeded by
Sir George Warrender, Bt.


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