| 词条 | Frederick Hamilton (Royal Navy officer) |
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|name= Sir Frederick Hamilton |image= Admiral Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton Kcb Cvo Art.IWMART1746.jpg |caption= 1917 portrait by Francis Dodd |birth_date= {{birth date|1856|03|08|df=yes}} |death_date= {{death date and age|1917|10|04|1856|03|08|df=yes}} |birth_place= London, England |death_place= Rosyth, Scotland |nickname= |allegiance= {{flag|United Kingdom}} |branch= {{navy|United Kingdom}} |serviceyears= 1869–1917 |rank= Admiral |commands= {{HMS|Rattlesnake|1886|6}}[1] {{HMS|Bulwark|1899|6}}[1] Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth |unit= |battles= Zulu War First World War |awards= Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |laterwork= }} Admiral Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCVO|KCB}} (8 March 1856 – 4 October 1917) was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel. Naval careerHamilton joined the Royal Navy in 1869[2] as a cadet on the training ship Britannia.[1] He fought in Naval Brigade in the Zulu War in 1879, for which service he was mentioned in despatches.[2] After promotion to Lieutenant he specialised into the Torpedo Branch and in 1884 after training was appointed a staff officer at the Torpedo Schoolship HMS Vernon.[1] In 1892 he was promoted to commander and serving aboard the battleship HMS Hood. He was appointed in command of the torpedo school ship HMS Defiance at Devonport on 1 November 1897,[3] promoted to captain on 1 January 1898,[4] and re-appointed in command of the Defiance the same day.[5] On 18 March 1902 he was appointed flag captain of the battleship HMS Bulwark, which in May was to become flagship of Admiral Sir Compton Domvile, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet.[6] Hamilton was Aide-de-Camp to the King between 1906 and 1907.[7] At the outset of the First World War Hamilton was Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel and was promoted to full admiral in June 1916.[8] He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth later that year[9] but died suddenly from a heart attack in 1917 and is buried in Fife.[10] He lived at Anmer Hall near King's Lynn in Norfolk.[7] Honours and awards
FamilyHamilton married Maria Walpole Keppel, the daughter of Admiral Sir Henry Keppel; they went on to have two sons (including Admiral Sir Louis Keppel Hamilton) and two daughters.[7] References1. ^The Dreadnought Project [11][12][13]2. ^1 National Maritime Museum 3. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence |day_of_week=Tuesday |date=19 October 1897 |page_number=8 |issue=35338 }} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=26924 |date=31 December 1897 |page=7854}} 5. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence |day_of_week=Saturday |date=8 January 1898|page_number=10 |issue=35408 }} 6. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence|day_of_week=Wednesday |date=5 March 1902 |page_number=5 |issue=36707| }} 7. ^1 2 The Peerage.com 8. ^Admirals.org.uk 9. ^Dunfermline Heritage Roots 10. ^Great War Forum 11. ^1 {{London Gazette |issue=28194 |date=9 November 1908 |page=8162 }} 12. ^1 {{London Gazette |issue=28677 |date=1 January 1913 |page=1 |supp=y}} 13. ^1 2 3 {{Cite newspaper The Times|articlename=Death of Admiral Sir F.T. Hamilton|author=|section=Deaths|day_of_week=Friday|date=5 October 1917|page_number=11|page_numbers=|issue=41601|column=D}} |30em}} External links
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