Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet

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Admiral of the Fleet SIR Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet, G.C.B., D.S.O., D.C.L., Royal Navy (10 May, 1870 – 30 May, 1951) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.

Early Life & Career

He was educated for a year at Burney's at Gosport, and passed into the Britannia on his second attempt, thirty-third out of thirty-four.[1]

He was confirmed in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant dated 14 March, 1890.[2]

Tyrwhitt was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 25 August, 1892.[3]

He was promoted to the rank of Commander dated 1 January, 1903.[4] On 24 February he married Sarah Angela Mary Margaret, daughter of Matthew Corbally, J.P., of Rathbeale Hall, Swords, County Dublin; they had one son and two daughters.

On 30 June, 1908, Tyrwhitt was promoted to the rank of Captain.[5]

He was placed in command of Topaze as Captain (D) of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla on 10 August, 1909,[6] though a secondary source indicates he was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Bacchante in September 1910.[7]

For a brief time in 1912, he was appointed as captain of Good Hope,[8] ending on 10 August, 1912, when he became Captain (D) of Second Destroyer Flotilla, flying his flag in Bellona.[9]

On 1 December, 1913 Tyrwhitt succeeded Commodore Lambert as Captain (T) in command of the destroyer flotillas of the First Fleet, taking command of the third class protected cruiser Amethyst.[10] On 28 April, 1914 he was appointed Commodore, Second Class.[11]

Great War

In August 1914, Tyrwhitt was placed in command of the light cruiser Arethusa.

In the April Supplement to the Monthly Navy List, Tyrwhitt's command is described for the first time as the "Harwich Striking Force,"[12] composed of the Third and Tenth Destroyer Flotillas and the Eighth Submarine Flotilla. In May he was assigned two completing light cruisers, which with the two under his authority would give him the command of the Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron.[13]

He was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) on 3 June, 1916.[14]

On 15 July, 1917, Tyrwhitt was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.).[15] He was not, as Temple Patterson claims, only the second Post Captain to receive this accolade and the first in seventy-eight years.[16] Two recent examples had been the knighting of Captain Robert Molyneux in 1885 and Captain Colin Keppel in 1908.

On 8 January, 1918, Tyrwhitt was appointed Acting Rear-Admiral.[17]

Post-War & Retirement

On 5 July, 1919, Tyrwhitt was appointed Senior Officer, Gibraltar, taking command on the 10th.[18]

On 2 December, 1919 Tyrwhitt was confirmed in the rank of Rear-Admiral, vice Heaton-Ellis.[19] He was given the baronetcy of Terschelling and of the City of Oxford on 13 December, 1919, and received a grant from Parliament of £10,000 (over £180,000 in early-2000s terms).[20] He received many foreign decorations and an honorary degree of D.C.L. from Oxford (1919).

Tyrwhitt was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 18 January, 1925, vice Pelly.[21]

Tyrwhitt was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 27 February, 1929, vice Webb.[22]

He was promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet on 31 July, 1934, vice Brock.[23]

He was placed on the Retired List on 31 July, 1939.[24]

As the result of the King approving that Admirals of the Fleet should in future be borne on the Active List of the Royal Navy for life, on 4 March, 1940, Tyrwhitt was replaced on the Active List with seniority of 31 July, 1934.[25]

Tyrwhitt died at Ellenden, Sandhurst, Kent, on 30 May, 1951, from perforation of the duodenum causing peritonitis.

Tyrwhitt's papers were last known to be in the possession of his son's widow, Lady Nancy Agnew, who died in 2010.

Bibliography

  • "Adm. of the Fleet Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 31 May, 1951. Issue 52015, col G, p. 8.
  • "Admiral of the Fleet Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 27 June, 1951. Issue 52038, col F, p. 8.
  • Temple Patterson, Alfred (1973). Tyrwhitt of the Harwich Force: The Life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 0-356-04530-7.

Papers

  • See main text.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Sir John F. E. Green 		Commanding Officer, Coast of Scotland and Admiral Superintendent of Rosyth Dockyard
1923 – 1925 		Succeeded by
Sir Walter H. Cowan

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Hart
14 Jan, 1896[26] 		Succeeded by
Hastings F. Shakespear
Preceded by
John Nicholas 		Captain of H.M.S. Hecla
6 Aug, 1908[27] 		Succeeded by
Judge D'Arcy
Preceded by
Vivian H. G. Bernard 		Captain of H.M.S. Topaze
10 Aug, 1909[28] 		Succeeded by
George P. Leith
Preceded by
? 		Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla
10 Aug, 1909[29] 		Succeeded by
Mortimer L'E. Silver
Preceded by
William G. E. Ruck-Keene 		Captain of H.M.S. Bacchante
26 Sep, 1910[30] 		Succeeded by
The Hon. Algernon D. E. H. Boyle
Preceded by
Richard F. Phillimore 		Captain of H.M.S. Good Hope
27 Feb, 1912[31] 		Succeeded by
Vernon H. S. Haggard
Preceded by
The Hon. Hubert G. Brand 		Captain of H.M.S. Bellona
10 Aug, 1912[32] 		Succeeded by
Percy M. R. Royds
Preceded by
The Honourable Hubert G. Brand 		Captain (D), Second Destroyer Flotilla
10 Aug, 1912[33] 		Succeeded by
James U. Farie
Preceded by
Harry L. d'E. Skipwith 		Captain of H.M.S. Blake
5 Jul, 1913[34] 		Succeeded by
John B. Sparks
Preceded by
Gerald T. F. Pike 		Captain of H.M.S. Adventure
28 Aug, 1913[35] 		Succeeded by
James U. Farie
Preceded by
Francis M. Leake 		Captain of H.M.S. Amethyst
1 Dec, 1913[36] 		Succeeded by
George J. Todd
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Arethusa
1 Dec, 1913[37] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
? 		Rear-Admiral Commanding, Harwich Force
27 Apr, 1914[38] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Sir Heathcoat S. Grant 		Senior Officer, Gibraltar
5 Jul, 1919[39] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Sir John F. E. Green 		Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth
1923 		Succeeded by
Walter H. Cowan
Preceded by
Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair 		Commander-in-Chief, China Station
1926 		Succeeded by
Sir Arthur K. Waistell
Preceded by
Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair 		Commander-in-Chief at the Nore
16 May, 1930[40] 		Succeeded by
Sir Hugh J. Tweedie
Court Appointments
Preceded by
The Honourable Sir Hubert G. Brand 		First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp
10 Oct, 1932[41] 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Temple Patterson. Tyrwhitt of the Harwhich Force. p. 5.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26224. p. 5986. 17 November, 1891.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26322. p. 5016. 2 September, 1892.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 4. 2 January, 1903.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28151. p. 4644. 26 June, 1908.
  6. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  7. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 26 July, 1912. Issue 39961, col C, p. 12.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 278.
  11. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. p. 125.
  12. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (April, 1915). p. 13.
  13. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (May, 1915). p. 13.
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29608. p. 5563. 3 June, 1916.
  15. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30186. p. 7125. 17 July, 1917.
  16. ↑ Temple Patterson. p. 190.
  17. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 125.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 698.
  19. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 15745. 19 December, 1919.
  20. ↑ Burke's Peerage and Baronetage. III. p. 3968.
  21. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33015. p. 591. 27 January, 1925.
  22. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33474. p. 1575. 5 March, 1929.
  23. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34076. p. 5054. 7 August, 1934.
  24. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34651. p. 5393. 4 August, 1939.
  25. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34807. p. 1394. 8 March, 1940.
  26. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 10 January, 1896. Issue 34783, col D, p. 8.
  27. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  28. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  29. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  30. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  31. ↑ Tyrhwitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  32. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  33. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  34. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  35. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  36. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392c.
  38. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 6.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 698.
  40. ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 249.
  41. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33872. p. 6416. 11 October, 1932.

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