Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick
Admiral THE MUCH HONOURED SIR Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, G.C.B., M.V.O, Royal Navy (12 December, 1865 – 13 November, 1945) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.
Early Life & Career
On 1 September, 1913, he was appointed in command of Temeraire.[1]
Great War
On 8 February, 1915, Alexander-Sinclair was appointed Commodore, Second Class Commanding the First Light Cruiser Squadron, and he hoisted his broad pendant in the Galatea on 16 February.[2]
In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June, 1916, Alexander-Sinclair was appointed a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.).[3]. On 26 April, 1917, he was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral,[4] and on 11 July he was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding, Sixth Light Cruiser Squadron with his flag in the Cardiff.[5]
Post-War Commands
Alexander-Sinclair was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 4 April, 1922, vice Phipps Hornby.[6]
On 4 October, 1926, he was promoted to the rank of Admiral, vice Browning.[7]
Alexander-Sinclair was appointed First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George V on 23 May, 1930.[8] He was placed on the Retired List on 12 December.[9]
Who was Who
ALEXANDER-SINCLAIR, Admiral Sir Edwyn Sinclair GCB, 1930; KCB, 1919; CB 1916; MVO 1908
Born 1865; 2nd s of Capt. John Hobhouse Inglis Alexander, Royal Navy, CB (d 1875), and Isabella Barbara (d 1884), o d of late T. C. Hume; m 1st, 1892, Julia Margaret (d 1930), 3rd d of late Colonel Charles Vereker Hamilton Campbell of Netherplace, Ayrshire; two s one d; 2nd, 1933, Maud Kathleen, yr d of late Capt. S. Y. H. Davenport, and widow of Major W. R. Campbell, DSO, 14th Hussars. [Assumed additional surname of Sinclair, 1894]; died 13 Nov. 1945
JP, DL
CAREER Entered Navy, 1879; in command of Osborne Naval College, 1905–08; of Third Light Cruiser Squadron, 1917–20; Adm.-Superintendent Portsmouth Dockyard, 1920–22; commanded First Battle Squadron Atlantic Fleet, 1922–24; Com.-in-Chief, China Station, 1925–26; The Nore, 1927–30; served European War, battle of Jutland Bank, 1916 (despatches twice KCB, CB, Croix de Guerre, 3rd Class Order of St Vladimir, with swords, Russia); Vice-Adm., 1922; Adm., 1926; First and Principal Naval ADC to the King, 1930; retd list 1930
ADDRESS Dunbeath Castle, Caithness
Footnotes
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 384.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (March, 1915). p. 6.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29608. p. 5553. 2 June, 1916.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30037. p. 3955. 27 April, 1917.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 5.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 32668. p. 2934. 11 April, 1922.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33209. p. 6440. 8 October, 1926.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33608. p. 3233. 23 May, 1930.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33670. p. 8076. 16 December, 1930.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 14 November, 1945. Issue 50299, col E, pg. 7.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
Command of H.M.S. Temeraire | ||
Preceded by Captain C. J. Eyres |
Captain Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair 1 September, 1913 – 3 March, 1916 |
Succeeded by Captain E. V. Underhill |
- 1865 births
- 1945 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1879
- Commanding Officers of the Royal Naval College, Osborne
- Captains (D), Second Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)
- Flag Captains to the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Temeraire (1907)
- Rear-Admirals Commanding, Third Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Rear-Admirals Commanding, Sixth Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Admirals Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard
- Vice-Admirals Commanding, First Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Commanders-in-Chief on the China Station
- Commanders-in-Chief at the Nore
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers