Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice

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Vice-Admiral SIR Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice, K.C.V.O., C.B., C.M.G., Royal Navy (12 August, 1870 – 23 January, 1927) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

On 28 January, 1892, FitzMaurice was confirmed in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, dated 14 May, 1890.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of Commander dated 31 December, 1902.[2]

He was promoted to Captain on 30 June, 1910.[3]

FitzMaurice was appointed Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence on 9 November, 1910.[4] He was reappointed as Assistant Director of the Intelligence Division on the formation of the Admiralty War Staff in January, 1912.[5]

Great War

He was appointed in command of the battleship Triumph on 5 August, 1914,[6] and was in command when she was sunk on 25 May, 1915.[7]

FitzMaurice was then appointed additional to the first class protected cruiser Europa on 15 June, 1915, the ship being under the command of Captain John E. Drummond.[8]

He was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.) on 1 January, 1916.[9]

He commanded the Dreadnought from April to August, 1918.[10]

Post-War

FitzMaurice was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 26 November, 1920, vice Hope.[11] He was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1921.[12]

Following the Prince of Wales's return FitzMaurice was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.) on 16 October, 1925, dated 29 July.[13]

FitzMaurice died at Simonstown on 23 January, 1927.[14]

See Also

Bibliography

  • "Vice-Admiral Sir M. FitzMaurice" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 24 January, 1927. Issue 44487, col A, p. 7.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Herbert Lyon 		Captain of H.M.S. Trafalgar
5 Mar, 1908[15] 		Succeeded by
Francis W. Kennedy
Preceded by
Edmund P. F. G. Grant 		Captain of H.M.S. Halcyon
1 Sep, 1909[16] 		Succeeded by
John R. Segrave
Preceded by
? 		Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence Division
8 Jan, 1912 		Succeeded by
Edward H. F. Heaton-Ellis
Preceded by
Philip Streatfeild 		Captain of H.M.S. Triumph
5 Aug, 1914[17] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Robert N. Bax 		Captain of H.M.S. Lord Nelson
Jun, 1916[18] 		Succeeded by
Leonard L. P. Willan
Preceded by
Thomas E. Wardle 		Captain of H.M.S. Dreadnought
Apr, 1918[19] 		Succeeded by
Robert H. Coppinger
Preceded by
Hugh F. P. Sinclair 		Director of Naval Intelligence
15 Aug, 1921[20] 		Succeeded by
Alan G. Hotham
Preceded by
Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck, K.C.M.G., C.B. 		Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station
7 Feb, 1925[21] – 23 Jan, 1927 		Succeeded by
David M. Anderson

 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26253. p. 543. 2 February, 1892.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 4. 2 January, 1903.
  3. ↑ The Navy List, July 1918. p. 66.
  4. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 10 November, 1910. Issue 39426, col B, p. 7.
  5. ↑ "The Naval War Staff" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 25 January, 1912. Issue 39804, col C, p. 6.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 386.
  7. ↑ Naval Operations. Volume II. pp. 196-200.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 394.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29423. p. 83. 1 January, 1916.
  10. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32166. p. 12399. 17 December, 1920.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32178. p. 4. 1 January, 1921.
  13. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33101. p. 7350. 10 November, 1925.
  14. ↑ "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 24 January, 1927. Issue 44487, col F, p. 12.
  15. ↑ FitzMaurice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 148.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 323.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 386.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395f.
  19. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  20. ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 124.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1925). p. 200.

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