George Egerton (Royal Navy officer)

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Sir George Egerton
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Second Sea Lord
.

Naval career

Egerton joined the

Naval Brigade in Mombasa in 1895,[1] and he was chief of staff for the Benin Expedition of 1897.[1]

By early 1900 he was in command of the

Admiralty,[3] a position he left the following February when he transferred to the torpedo school ship Vernon.[4]

He was appointed

King Edward VII, and retired in 1916.[1]

Family

A grandson of

Grey-Egerton, 9th Bt, he married, first, in 1882, Frances Emily Gladstone; they had two sons and a daughter, including Rear-Admiral Brian Egerton (1886–1973). He married, second, Margaret Stella Maunsell, in 1932.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Sir George Le Clerc Egerton Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36054. London. 1 February 1900. p. 6.
  3. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36468. London. 30 May 1901. p. 4.
  4. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36666. London. 16 January 1902. p. 7.
  5. OCLC 59395617
  6. ^ The Peerage.com

External links

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Military offices
Preceded by
Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station

1908–1910
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Second Sea Lord

1911
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
1913–1916
Succeeded by