He served in the Barfleur during the Boxer Rebellion, after which he was promoted commander in June 1900. In February 1901 he was appointed navigating officer of the linerHMS Ophir, which was commissioned by the Royal Navy for the tour of the British Empire conducted by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York. After the tour had ended, he was in March 1902 appointed navigating officer of the battleshipHMS Bulwark,[8] which was to become flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet two months later. In February 1904 he joined the battleship HMS Albion, flagship of the China Station.[9]
In 1917 he was recalled to service in the organisation of the North Atlanticconvoys, where he remained until the end of the First World War. In 1918 he became manager of the Lord Roberts Memorial London Workshops, holding the post until 1921. In 1919 he was also appointed Gentleman Usher to the King, holding the post until the death of George V in 1936. He also devoted considerable time to the welfare of Merchant Navy personnel, and was president of the Officers' (Merchant Navy) Federation, which he was instrumental in setting up, from 1928.
He was married to the Honourable Dorothy Caulfeild, daughter of Viscount Charlemont. She was killed with her sister Rachel during an air raid on Bath on 27 April 1942.[14]
Footnotes
^"Naval and Military Intelligence", The Times, 15 April 1887
^"Naval and Military Intelligence", The Times, 7 November 1887
^"Naval and Military Intelligence", The Times, 4 April 1889
^"Naval and Military Intelligence", The Times, 25 February 1890
^"Naval and Military Intelligence", The Times, 25 November 1893
^"Naval and Military Intelligence", The Times, 5 January 1894
^"Naval and Military Intelligence", The Times, 21 July 1897
^"Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36714. London. 13 March 1902. p. 10.
^"Naval and Military Intelligence", The Times, 12 February 1904