Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford
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Admiral THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford, K.C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (17 April, 1865 – 28 September, 1941) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
At the examination for Naval Cadetships, Fitzherbert placed eleventh out of the successful batch of forty-six.[1]
Great War
Fitzherbert was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope Station on 20 May, 1918.[2]
Fitzherbert was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 27 January, 1920, vice Vaughan-Lee.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval Cadetships" (News). The Times. Saturday, 30 June, 1877. Issue 28982, col A, pg. 14.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (June, 1918). p. 8.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 31779. p. 1832. 13 February, 1920.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Lord Stafford" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 30 September, 1941. Issue 49044, col D, pg. 9.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/20.
Categories:
- 1865 births
- 1941 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1877
- Royal Navy Torpedo Officers
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Barfleur (1892)
- Flag Captains to the Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Bedford (1901)
- Captains-Superintendent, Contract-Built Ships, Clyde District
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Colossus (1910)
- Admirals of Minesweeping (Royal Navy)
- Directors of Torpedoes and Mining (Royal Navy)
- Commanders-in-Chief on Cape of Good Hope Station
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
