Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe
Admiral of the Fleet SIR Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., Royal Navy (2 April, 1847 – 21 January, 1936) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe was born on 2 April, 1847, the son of Admiral Sir Edward Gennys Fanshawe, grandson of General Edward Fanshawe and nephew of Edward Cardwell, First Viscount Cardwell.[1] He entered the Royal Navy in September, 1860, passing the entrance examination at Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, coming twentieth out of forty-nine new scheme entrants.[2] He was promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant in June, 1867 and advanced to the rank of Lieutenant in September, 1868.[1]
On 5 January, 1874 Fanshawe was promoted to the rank of Commander after only five years as a Lieutenant, in the haul down vacancy of his father on the North America and West Indies Station.[3] Fanshawe was promoted Captain on 31 December, 1881,[4] at the relatively early age of thirty-four. From May, 1894 to February, 1897 he served as assistant to the Superintendent of Naval Reserves, and in January, 1895 was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria.[1]
Fanshawe was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 23 February, 1897,[5] at the age of forty-nine years and ten months. On 1 June, 1899, he succeeded J. W. Brackenbury as second-in-command of the Channel Squadron.[6]
Fanshawe succeeded Beaumont as Commander-in-Chief on the Australia Station at Sydney on 16 January, 1903, hoisting his flag in the Royal Arthur.[7]
Fanshawe succeeded Admiral Sir Robert H. Harris as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich on 1 October, 1906.[8]
Fanshawe was placed on the Retired List on 2 April, 1917.[9]
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sir A. D. Fanshawe" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 22 January, 1936. Issue 47278, col D, pg. 13.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 12 September, 1860. Issue 23723, col B, pg. 10.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 24053. p. 137. 13 January, 1874.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25055. p. 4. 3 January, 1882.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26827. p. 1168. 26 February, 1897.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 June, 1899. Issue 35844, col D, pg. 11.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 17 January, 1903. Issue 36980, col B, pg. 9.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 24 August, 1906. Issue 38107, col D, pg. 8.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30008. p. 3206. 3 April, 1917.
Bibliography
- "Sir A. D. Fanshawe" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 22 January, 1936. Issue 47278, col D, pg. 13.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/38.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/17.
| Naval Offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Robert Hastingss Harris |
President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich 1908 – 1911 |
Succeeded by Sir John Durnford |
| Preceded by Sir Day H. Bosanquet |
Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth 1908 – 1910 |
Succeeded by The Hon. Sir Assheton G. Curzon-Howe |
- 1847 births
- 1936 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of September, 1860
- Naval Aides-de-Camp to Queen Victoria
- Seconds-in-Command, Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Commanders-in-Chief on the Australia Station
- Presidents of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
- Commanders-in-Chief, Portsmouth
- Royal Navy Admirals of the Fleet
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
