Admiral Sir George Le Clerc Egerton KCB (17 October 1852 – 30 March 1940) was a senior Royal Navy officer from the Egerton family who rose to become Second Sea Lord .
Naval career
Egerton joined the Royal Navy in 1866.[ 1] He served on the Arctic Expedition of 1875–76.[ 1] In 1893 he was promoted to captain and appointed a naval attaché before serving with the Naval Brigade in Mombasa in 1895,[ 1] and he was chief of staff for the Benin Expedition of 1897 .[ 1]
By early 1900 he was in command of the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Majestic , serving as flagship to Vice-Admiral Sir Harry Rawson , commander-in-chief of the Channel Fleet .[ 2] In June 1901 he was transferred to the President for service as assistant director of torpedoes at the Admiralty ,[ 3] a position he left the following February when he transferred to the torpedo school ship Vernon .[ 4]
He was appointed second-in-command of the Atlantic Fleet in 1906:[ 1] Egerton flew his flag on HMS Victorious , with Captain Robert Scott as his flag captain .[ 5] He became commander-in-chief, Cape of Good Hope Station in 1908 and Second Sea Lord in 1911.[ 1] He served in World War I as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth .[ 1] He had previously served as aide-de-camp to King Edward VII , and retired in 1916.[ 1]
Family
A grandson of The Rev Sir Philip Grey-Egerton , 9th Bt , he married, first, in 1882, Frances Emily Gladstone; they had two sons and a daughter, including Rear-Admiral Brian Egerton (1886–1973). He married, second, Margaret Stella Maunsell, in 1932.[ 6]
References
^ a b c d e f g h Sir George Le Clerc Egerton Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times . No. 36054. London. 1 February 1900. p. 6.
^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times . No. 36468. London. 30 May 1901. p. 4.
^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times . No. 36666. London. 16 January 1902. p. 7.
^ Preston, Diana: A First Rate Tragedy: Captain Scott's Antarctic Expeditions Constable (pb edition), page 86, London, 1999 ISBN 0-09-479530-4 OCLC 59395617
^ The Peerage.com
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