Frederick Tudor

This article is about the British admiral. For the American businessman, see Frederic Tudor.

Sir

Frederick Tudor
Born29 March 1863
Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
Died14 April 1946(1946-04-14) (aged 83)
Dennistoun, Camberley, Surrey, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch Royal Navy
Years of service1876–1922
RankAdmiral
CommandsHMS Prometheus
HMS Challenger
HMS Superb
China Station
Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Battles / warsWorld War I
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Order of the Sacred Treasure (1st Class) – Japan
Order of the Rising Sun (2nd Class) – Japan
Order of St. Anne (1st Class) – Russia
Order of the Striped Tiger (1st Class) – China

Admiral Sir Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, KCB, KCMG (born Jones; 29 March 1863 – 14 April 1946) was a British Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Sea Lord.[1]

Early life and career

Tudor was born in Stoke Damerel, Devon, the son of Harrington Rogers Jones, of Harwich, and Henrietta Augusta Tudor, of Cork, Ireland. He came first in order of merit out of 42 candidates who passed the examination for naval cadetships in 1875.[2] Jones was promoted to the rank of lieutenant with seniority of 29 March 1884.[3] On 26 December 1890, he adopted his mother's maiden name and changed his surname to Tudor.[1] His brother Henry Morton Tudor Tudor was also a Royal Navy admiral.

Tudor was promoted to the rank of commander on 31 December 1896.[4] He was appointed an Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance from the same date.[5] He was appointed to HMS Hannibal on 10 May 1898.[6] Tudor was appointed in command of HMS Prometheus in early 1902,[7] and was in command of this ship when she took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII.[8] He was promoted to captain on 31 December 1902,[9] and subsequently held commands in HMS Challenger and HMS Superb.[10]

After serving as Assistant Director of Naval Ordnance at the Admiralty from 1906 to 1909 he was given command of the Gunnery School at Whale Island in Portsmouth in 1910.[10] He went on to be Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes from 1912 to 1914.[10]

He served in World War I as Third Sea Lord from 1914 to 1917 when he became Commander-in-Chief, China Station.[10] Tudor was responsible for arranging the escape of refugees from Siberia through Japan and on to Canada. In 1917, he was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, which represents the second highest of eight classes associated with the award. Notice of the King's permission to accept and to display this honour was duly published in the London Gazette.[11] Tudor later became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1920[12] before retiring in 1922.[10]

Tudor was an uncle of Owen Frederick Morton Tudor, who married Larissa Tudor, a woman some people have claimed might have really been Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia.

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Obituary: Admiral Sir Frederick Tudor". The Times. 15 April 1946. p. 7.
  2. ^ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 4 December 1875. Issue 28490, col A, p. 6.
  3. ^ The London Gazette: no. 25352. p. 2085. 9 May 1884.
  4. ^ The London Gazette: no. 26809. p. 3. 1 January 1897.
  5. ^ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 22 January 1897. Issue 35107, col E, p. 11.
  6. ^ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 2 May 1898. Issue 35505, col B, p. 12.
  7. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36666. London. 16 January 1902. p. 7.
  8. ^ "The Coronation – Naval Review". The Times. No. 36845. London. 13 August 1902. p. 4.
  9. ^ "No. 27512". The London Gazette. 2 January 1903. p. 3.
  10. ^ a b c d e Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  11. ^ Order of the Rising Sun, conferred 1917 -- "No. 30363". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 October 1917. p. 11322.
  12. ^ Michael Occleshaw, The Romanov Conspiracies: The Romanovs and the House of Windsor, Orion, 1993, p. 176

References

  • Occleshaw, Michael, The Romanov Conspiracies: The Romanovs and the House of Windsor, Orion, 1993, ISBN 1-85592-518-4
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Preceded by Third Sea Lord
1914–1917 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, China Station
1917–1919 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich
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