Francis Bridgeman

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Admiral Francis Bridgeman (1912)

Sir Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman , GCB , GCVO (birth name: Francis Charles Bridgeman Simpson ; born December 7, 1848 in Babworth , Nottinghamshire , † February 17, 1929 in Nassau , Bahamas ) was a British admiral in the Royal Navy , who served among other things between 1911 and in 1912 was First Sea Lord .

Life

Training and uses as a naval officer

Bridgeman was the son of Reverend William Bridgeman Simpson and his wife, Lady Frances Laura Wentworth FitzWilliam, a daughter of Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam . After attending school, he joined the Royal Navy on September 1, 1862 as a midshipman and completed his training on the training ship HMS Britannia . In 1868 he was with the sloop HMS Blanche for ( Australia Station ) installed, the naval base in Australia . On March 2, 1869, he was promoted to sub-lieutenant and on April 8, 1873 to lieutenant commander (Lieutenant) . In 1874 he was artillery officer on the base for China ( China Station ) belonging Corvette HMS Encounter and then artillery officer on the fleet to the Mediterranean ( Mediterranean Fleet ) belonging battleship HMS Temeraire .

On June 30, 1884 Bridgeman was promoted to frigate captain (Commander) . As such, he was transferred in 1885 to the battleship HMS Triumph belonging to the Pacific Base ( Pacific Station ) , before being used on the artillery training ship HMS Excellent in 1888 . On January 1, 1890, he received his promotion to captain at sea (Captain) . In October 1893 he took over his first command of the ship, as the commander of the new battleship HMS Ramillies . As such, he was also the flag captain of the Mediterranean fleet and held command until December 1894, after which he was succeeded by sea captain William May in January 1895. After officially changing his family name from Simpson to Brigdeman in 1896, he succeeded Captain William May as flag captain and chief of staff of Portsmouth Command in September 1897, and remained there until he was replaced by Captain Edward P. Jones in November 1900 .

Most recently, he was last seen as the successor to Captain Alfred Parr from 24 May 1901 until its replacement by Captain Alfred Winsloe on 26 August 1903 naval aide-de-camp of King . Edward VII In this use, he knew during the Royal Naval Review in June 1902 also served on board the guard ship HMS Duke of Wellington . In January 1903 he became the commandant of the new armored cruiser HMS Drake and remained there until he was replaced by Captain John Jellicoe in August 1903. He became a member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) on May 5, 1903 .

Promotion to Admiral and First Sea Lord

Admiral Francis Bridgeman

On March 12, 1903 Bridgeman became a Rear Admiral (Rear Admiral) transported. He then served from June 1904 to December 1904, first deputy commander of the Channel Fleet ( Channel Fleet ) , then, between December 1904 and March 1906 deputy commander of the Atlantic Fleet ( Atlantic Fleet ) and most recently deputy from March 1906 to March 1907 Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet.

On 16 February 1907 he was appointed Vice-Admiral (Vice Admiral) transported. In March 1907 he was first commander in chief of the re-created Home Fleet ( Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet ) and held this post until his replacement by Vice Admiral William May in March 1909. He was on 3 August 1907, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) and since then has had the suffix "Sir". He was also Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) on June 26, 1908 . He himself, in turn, released Vice Admiral William May as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in March 1909 and was responsible as such for the personnel issues of the Royal Navy. He held this post until March 1911 and was then replaced by Vice Admiral George Egerton . He then succeeded Vice Admiral William May in March 1911 and again took over the post of Commander in Chief of the Home Fleet until he was replaced by Vice Admiral George Callaghan in December 1911. On April 12, 1911 he was promoted to admiral . On July 4, 1911, he was raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order.

In December 1911, he replaced Fleet Admiral Arthur Wilson as First Sea Lord and held this position until December 2012, after which Admiral Ludwig von Battenberg was his successor. He was also a member of the Commission for the Administration of the Office of the Lord High Admiral . On December 10, 1912 he was also raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB). On December 7, 1913, he left active military service and retired.

After the death of Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour, 3rd Baronet on October 11, 1920, he received the honorary title of Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom as his successor . He also held this position until his death on February 7, 1929 and was then replaced by Admiral Stanley Colville .

Web links

  • Entry into Royal Navy Flagg Officers 1904–1945

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ London Gazette . No. 23966, HMSO, London, April 11, 1873, p. 1922 ( PDF , accessed August 9, 2017, English).
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 25372, HMSO, London, July 1, 1884, p. 3009 ( PDF , accessed August 9, 2017, English).
  3. ↑ CAPTAINS COMMANDING ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS , p. 34
  4. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 45
  5. ↑ London Gazette . No. 27322, HMSO, London, June 11, 1901, p. 3926 ( PDF , accessed August 9, 2017, English).
  6. ↑ London Gazette . No. 27592, HMSO, London, August 28, 1903, p. 5418 ( PDF , accessed July 15, 2016, English).
  7. ↑ CAPTAINS COMMANDING ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS , p. 34
  8. ↑ London Gazette . No. 27589, HMSO, London, August 18, 1903, p. 5223 ( PDF , accessed August 9, 2017, English).
  9. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 104
  10. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 105
  11. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 109
  12. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 94
  13. ↑ London Gazette . No. 28048, HMSO, London, 6 August 1907, p. 5390 ( PDF , accessed 9 August 2017, English).
  14. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 4
  15. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 94
  16. ↑ London Gazette . No. 28510, HMSO, London, July 4, 1911, p. 4928 ( PDF , accessed August 9, 2017, English).
  17. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 2
  18. ↑ London Gazette . No. 28557, HMSO, London, December 5, 1911, p. 9175 ( PDF , accessed August 9, 2017, English).
  19. ↑ London Gazette . No. 28573, HMSO, London, January 19, 1912, p. 443 ( PDF , accessed August 9, 2017, English).
  20. ↑ London Gazette . No. 28614, HMSO, London, June 4, 1912, p. 4035 ( PDF , accessed August 9, 2017, English).
  21. ↑ London Gazette . No. 28670, HMSO, London, December 10, 1912, p. 9395 ( PDF , accessed August 9, 2017, English).
  22. ↑ London Gazette . No. 28780, HMSO, London, December 9, 1913, p. 9083 ( PDF , accessed August 9, 2017, English).
  23. ↑ London Gazette . No. 33480, HMSO, London, March 26, 1929, p. 2084 ( PDF , accessed August 9, 2017, English).
predecessor Office successor
Arthur Wilson First Sea Lord
1911–1912 		Ludwig von Battenberg
personal data
SURNAME Bridgeman, Francis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bridgeman, Sir Francis Charles Bridgeman (full name); Simpson, Francis Charles Bridgeman (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British admiral
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Babworth , Nottinghamshire
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1929
Place of death Nassau , Bahamas