Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh
Sir Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh CB, DSO | |
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Birth name | Herbert Meade |
Born | 3 November 1875 London |
Died | 27 October 1964 (aged 88) |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Years of service | c.1897–1936 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held | HMS Goshawk HMS Royalist HMS Ceres HMS Renown Britannia Royal Naval College |
Battles/wars | |
Relations | Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam (father) John Meade, 7th Earl of Clanwilliam (son) |
Admiral Sir Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh, .
Biography
He was born in London as Herbert Meade, the third son of the then Baron Gillford, who later became, in 1879, The 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, later Admiral of the Fleet, and Elizabeth Henrietta Kennedy. He adopted the additional surname of Fetherstonhaugh by Royal Licence in 1931.
He joined the Royal Navy and was promoted
From April 1918 to April 1919 he was the Naval Assistant to the
He was made a
From 1939 to 1946 he was
He died in 1964. He had married in 1911 Margaret Isabel Frances Glyn, the daughter of the Rt. Rev. Hon. Edward Carr Glyn, the Bishop of Peterborough and had 2 sons and 2 daughters. The youngest son, John Herbert Meade, succeeded his cousin as the 7th Earl Clanwilliam. The family lived at Uppark, Sussex which the admiral inherited in 1930.
References
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36910. London. 28 October 1902. p. 9.
- ^ "Herbert Mead". Dreadnought project. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "No. 32984". The London Gazette. 21 October 1924. p. 7590.
- ^ "No. 32728". The London Gazette. 11 July 1922. p. 5187.
- ^ "No. 33053". The London Gazette. 2 June 1925. p. 3769.
- ^ "No. 33518". The London Gazette. 19 July 1929. p. 4761.
- ^ "No. 34119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1935. p. 7.
- ^ "No. 34308". The London Gazette. 24 July 1936. p. 4743.
External links
- Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource. . . Dublin: