Hugh Justin Tweedie

Admiral SIR Hugh Justin Tweedie, K.C.B., Royal Navy (5 April, 1877 – 20 August, 1951) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Tweedie was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 March, 1926, vice Loder Symonds.

Who was Who

TWEEDIE, Adm. Sir Hugh Justin KCB, 1933 (CB 1919); JP, DL, CC Somerset

Born 5 April 1877; s of Gen. Michael Tweedie, RA, who served in Crimea and Mutiny; m 1907, Constance Marion Crossman; two s four d ; died 20 Aug. 1951

EDUCATION Britannia

CAREER Served in Mediterranean, Cape, China, West Indies and N. America; Mexico, under Admiral Cradock; present at Tampico and Vera Cruz during American landing; carried despatches to British and Foreign Embassies in Mexico City, railway and telegraphic communications being interrupted; returned with over 100 American refugees, women and children, from Solidad and district; outbreak of war served in West Indies; afterwards in command of Marshal Ney Monitor on Belgian Coast, SNO Ismailia, Suez Canal, Dardanelles Patrol, Struma River operations against Bulgars and Turks, Adriatic, Venice; Command of 13th Flotilla Battle Cruiser Force; Commodore Commanding Flotillas with Grand Fleet (West African medal, Sierra Leone Clasp, CB, Japanese Order of Rising Sun, Officier Légion d’honneur); Director of Training and Staff Duties, Admiralty, 1923–25; a Naval ADC to the King, 1925; Rear-Adm. 1926; Rear-Adm. and Senior Naval Officer, Yangtze, 1927–29; Vice-Adm. 1930; Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station, 1931–33; Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, 1933–35; Admiral, 1935; retired list, 1936; Younger Brother, Trinity House

PUBLICATION The Story of a Naval Life, 1939

CLUB Army and Navy

ADDRESS c/o Westminster Bank, 26 Haymarket, SW1

Bibliography

• "Admiral Sir Hugh Tweedie" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 22 August, 1951. Issue 52086, col E, pg. 8.
• Tweedie, Admiral Sir Hugh J. (1939). The Story of a Naval Life. London: Rich and Cowan, Ltd..

Service Record

• The National Archives. ADM 196/44.