Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe

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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] On 9 November, 1904, he was appointed a Knight Commander in the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in the King's Birthday Honours.[8] He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 22 July, 1905, vice Jackson.[9]

Fanshawe succeeded Admiral Sir Robert H. Harris as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich on 1 October, 1906.[10]

In King George V's coronation honours, Fanshawe was promoted to Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) on 19 June, 1911.[11]

Fanshawe was placed on the Retired List on 2 April, 1917.[12]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sir A. D. Fanshawe" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 22 January, 1936. Issue 47278, col D, pg. 13.
  2. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 12 September, 1860. Issue 23723, col B, pg. 10.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 24053. p. 137. 13 January, 1874.
  4. ↑ London Gazette: no. 25055. p. 4. 3 January, 1882.
  5. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26827. p. 1168. 26 February, 1897.
  6. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 June, 1899. Issue 35844, col D, pg. 11.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 17 January, 1903. Issue 36980, col B, pg. 9.
  8. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27732. p. 7255. 9 November, 1904.
  9. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27822. p. 5222. 28 July, 1905.
  10. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 24 August, 1906. Issue 38107, col D, pg. 8.
  11. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28505. p. 4592. 19 June, 1911.
  12. ↑ 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


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Sir Robert Hastings Harris 		President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
1906 – 1908 		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
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