Henry Frederick Stephenson

Admiral Sir Henry F. Stephenson, photographed in 1896.

Admiral SIR Henry Frederick Stephenson, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., Royal Navy (7 June, 1842 – 16 December, 1919) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

In the Queen's Diamond Jubilee honours, Stephenson was gazetted a Knight Commander of the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 14 March, 1898.

Bibliography

• "Death of 'Black Rod'" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 17 December, 1919. Issue 42285, col F, pg. 16.

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/86.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/37.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/14.

Naval Offices
Preceded by Charles F. Hotham	Commander-in-Chief on the Pacific Station 1893 – 1896	Succeeded by Henry St. L. B. Palliser
Preceded by Lord Walter Kerr	Senior Officer in Command of the Channel Squadron 1897 – 1898	Succeeded by Sir Harry H. Rawson
Preceded by Sir Edward H. Seymour	First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp 1903 – 1904	Succeeded by Sir John A. Fisher