Henry Fairfax (Royal Navy officer)
Sir Henry Fairfax | |
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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Fairfax was born in 1837, the third son of Sir Henry Fairfax, 1st Baronet. He joined the
After thirty years in the navy, Fairfax saw his first active war service when he was in command of
In November 1892, HMS Howe stranded on rocks at the entrance to Ferrol Harbour; Fairfax as officer commanding the squadron was court-martialled but was acquitted on the grounds that the chart in use was unreliable.[4] He was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the May 1896 Birthday Honours.[5]
Promoted to admiral on 10 May 1897,[6] he was in 1899 appointed Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, serving as such until he died.
He was a deputy lieutenant and a justice of the peace for Roxburghshire, in which county he owned property.[2]
Fairfax died in Naples in March 1900, while staying there for health reasons on leave of absence from his command.[3][2] His widow received personal telegraphs of condolences from Queen Victoria and the Duke of York (future King George V) after his death.[7]
Family
In 1872 he married Harriet Kinloch, daughter of Sir David Kinloch.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Peter Davis. "Henry Fairfax R.N." William Loney RN. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Obituary - Admiral Sir Henry Fairfax". The Times. No. 36095. London. 21 March 1900. p. 6. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Admiral Fairfax is dead" (PDF). The New York Times. 21 March 1900. p. 7. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ "The wreck of HMS Howe". The Gippsland Times. 11 January 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ^ "No. 26741". The London Gazette. 20 May 1896. pp. 3053–3054.
- ^ "No. 26855". The London Gazette. 21 May 1897. p. 2854.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36096. London. 22 March 1900. p. 6.
External links
- The Dreadnought Project: Henry Fairfax
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