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

On 6 December, 1915, Fitzherbert was appointed Admiral of Minesweeping.[2]

He was appointed to the new position of Director of Torpedoes and Mines on 18 February, 1917.[3] On 1 January, 1918, he was appointed a Companion in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.).[4]

Fitzherbert was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope Station on 20 May.[5]

Post-War

Fitzherbert was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 27 January, 1920, vice Vaughan-Lee.[6]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval Cadetships" (News). The Times. Saturday, 30 June, 1877. Issue 28982, col A, pg. 14.
  2. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (May, 1916). p. 4.
  3. ↑ Fitzherbert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 524.
  4. ↑ London Gazette: no. 30522. p. 1939. 12 February, 1918.
  5. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (June, 1918). p. 8.
  6. ↑ 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

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