Thomas Benjamin Stratton Adair

Rear-Admiral Thomas Benjamin Stratton Adair, Royal Navy, Retired (6 November, 1861 – 12 August, 1928) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 6 May, 1882.

Adair's Court-Martial was held on H.M.S. Victory from 15 August and concluded on 20 August. He was severely reprimanded and dismissed his ship.

In his book Whispers from the Fleet, Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher G. F. Cradock referred to "the regret felt throughout the Navy for the one man who suffered—A victim of unexpected circumstances."¹

Notes

1. Cradock. Whispers from the Fleet. p. 366.

Bibliography

• "Rear-Admiral T. B. S. Adair" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 14 August, 1928. Issue 44971, col B, pg. 12.
• Cradock, Rear-Admiral Christopher G. F. (1908). Whispers from the Fleet. Portsmouth: Gieve's.