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]

Flag Rank

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]

On 30 April, 1910, Fanshawe was promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet, vice Sir Edward H. Seymour.[11]

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.[12]

Fanshawe was placed on the Retired List on 2 April, 1917.[13]

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: no. 28362. p. 3063. 3 May, 1910.
  12. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28505. p. 4592. 19 June, 1911.
  13. ↑ 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
John W. Brackenbury 		Second-in-Command,
Channel Squadron
1899 – 1900 		Succeeded by
Albert B. Jenkings
Preceded by
Lewis A. Beaumont 		Commander-in-Chief
on the Australian Station
1903 – 1905 		Succeeded by
Sir Wilmot H. Fawkes
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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