Admiral Sir Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton | |
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![]() Dalrymple-Hamilton as a rear admiral | |
Born | 27 March 1890 Bargany, Girvan, Ayrshire |
Died | 26 December 1974 Bargany, Girvan, Ayrshire | (aged 84)
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 1905–1950 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held |
4th Destroyer Flotilla,
Mediterranean (18 Oct 1933 – Feb 1936) Captain, Royal Naval College, Dartmouth (HMS Britannia) (29 Dec 1936–1939) HMS Rodney (present at destruction of German battleship Bismarck) (21 November 1939–1941) Admiral Commanding Iceland ( HMS Baldur) (5 September 1941–1942 Naval Secretary to First Lord of Admiralty HMS President (31 October 1942 – December 1943) 10th Cruiser Squadron ( HMS Belfast) & Second-in-Command, Home Fleet (3 March 1944 – April 1945) Vice-Admiral Malta and Flag Officer Central Mediterranean ( HMS St Angelo) (1 April 1945–1946) Flag Officer Commanding Scotland and Northern Ireland (1946–1948) Admiral, British Joint Services Mission, Washington, USA ( HMS Saker) (8 September 1948–1950) |
Battles/wars | |
Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath (14 October 1941) Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1 January 1945) Mentioned in Despatches (13 February 1945) |
Other work | Member,
Queen's Body Guard for Scotland,
Royal Company of Archers (1947–1973) Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Wigtownshire (27 March 1951) |
Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton, KCB (27 March 1890 – 26 December 1974) was a British naval officer who served in World War I and World War II. He was captain of HMS Rodney when it engaged the Bismarck on 27 May 1941.
Dalrymple-Hamilton was the son of Col Hon. North de Coigny Dalrymple-Hamilton, MVO, of Bargany, Girvan, Ayrshire, [1] and the grandson of the 10th Earl of Stair. He joined the Royal Navy in 1905 and served in World War I. [1] Promoted to captain in 1931, he was appointed Captain (Destroyers) for the 4th Destroyer Flotilla in 1933 and Captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1936. [1]
From 1939 to 1941 he commanded the battleship HMS Rodney [2] and while in command he took part in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck. [1] Meanwhile, his son, North Dalrymple-Hamilton, served in a gun director position aboard King George V. After the battle Frederick told his son: "You are lucky to have seen a show like that after only being in the Navy for 18 months – I’ve had to wait 35 years." [3]
He was appointed Admiral Commanding, Iceland in 1941 and Naval Secretary in 1942. [1] He became Commander of the 10th Cruiser Squadron and Second-in-Command of the Home Fleet in 1944 [1] flying his flag in HMS Belfast in June 1944 during the D-Day landings at Normandy. A few months later commanded the escorts of several Arctic convoys as well as the British forces involved in the inconclusive Action of 28 January 1945. [4] He went on to be Vice-Admiral Malta and Flag Officer, Central Mediterranean in April 1945. [1]
While serving as Admiral Commanding Iceland, Dalrymple-Hamilton's personal cook was Petty Officer Francis Henry Agnew, who had served on HMS Sheffield during the operations against Bismarck.[ citation needed]
After the War he was appointed Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland and then, from 1948, Admiral at the British Joint Services Mission in Washington D. C. [1]
Frederick Dalyrmple is descended from the 10th Earl of Stair. his father was the Hon. North de Coigny Dalrymple-Hamilton, the Earl's second son and his mother was Marcia Liddell, daughter of The Hon. Sir Adolphus Frederick Octavious Liddell and Frederica Elizabeth Lane Fox.[ citation needed]
He married Gwendolen Peek in 1918. They had one son and two daughters. [1] Both had royal godparents: North was a godson of Edward VIII and daughter Graeme Elizabeth was a goddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Dalrymple-Hamilton's home was at Clady House in Cairnryan, Wigtownshire where he and Gwendolen raised their children. [5]
Their son Captain North Edward Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton (1921–2014) followed his father into the Royal Navy and became executive officer of the Royal Yacht Britannia. [6] Lady Dalrymple-Hamilton died in 1974.
His and Gwendolen's grandson, North John Frederick, served as a Page of Honour to the Queen Mother.[ citation needed]
Admiral Sir Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton | |
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![]() Dalrymple-Hamilton as a rear admiral | |
Born | 27 March 1890 Bargany, Girvan, Ayrshire |
Died | 26 December 1974 Bargany, Girvan, Ayrshire | (aged 84)
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 1905–1950 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held |
4th Destroyer Flotilla,
Mediterranean (18 Oct 1933 – Feb 1936) Captain, Royal Naval College, Dartmouth (HMS Britannia) (29 Dec 1936–1939) HMS Rodney (present at destruction of German battleship Bismarck) (21 November 1939–1941) Admiral Commanding Iceland ( HMS Baldur) (5 September 1941–1942 Naval Secretary to First Lord of Admiralty HMS President (31 October 1942 – December 1943) 10th Cruiser Squadron ( HMS Belfast) & Second-in-Command, Home Fleet (3 March 1944 – April 1945) Vice-Admiral Malta and Flag Officer Central Mediterranean ( HMS St Angelo) (1 April 1945–1946) Flag Officer Commanding Scotland and Northern Ireland (1946–1948) Admiral, British Joint Services Mission, Washington, USA ( HMS Saker) (8 September 1948–1950) |
Battles/wars | |
Awards |
Companion of the Order of the Bath (14 October 1941) Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1 January 1945) Mentioned in Despatches (13 February 1945) |
Other work | Member,
Queen's Body Guard for Scotland,
Royal Company of Archers (1947–1973) Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Wigtownshire (27 March 1951) |
Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton, KCB (27 March 1890 – 26 December 1974) was a British naval officer who served in World War I and World War II. He was captain of HMS Rodney when it engaged the Bismarck on 27 May 1941.
Dalrymple-Hamilton was the son of Col Hon. North de Coigny Dalrymple-Hamilton, MVO, of Bargany, Girvan, Ayrshire, [1] and the grandson of the 10th Earl of Stair. He joined the Royal Navy in 1905 and served in World War I. [1] Promoted to captain in 1931, he was appointed Captain (Destroyers) for the 4th Destroyer Flotilla in 1933 and Captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1936. [1]
From 1939 to 1941 he commanded the battleship HMS Rodney [2] and while in command he took part in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck. [1] Meanwhile, his son, North Dalrymple-Hamilton, served in a gun director position aboard King George V. After the battle Frederick told his son: "You are lucky to have seen a show like that after only being in the Navy for 18 months – I’ve had to wait 35 years." [3]
He was appointed Admiral Commanding, Iceland in 1941 and Naval Secretary in 1942. [1] He became Commander of the 10th Cruiser Squadron and Second-in-Command of the Home Fleet in 1944 [1] flying his flag in HMS Belfast in June 1944 during the D-Day landings at Normandy. A few months later commanded the escorts of several Arctic convoys as well as the British forces involved in the inconclusive Action of 28 January 1945. [4] He went on to be Vice-Admiral Malta and Flag Officer, Central Mediterranean in April 1945. [1]
While serving as Admiral Commanding Iceland, Dalrymple-Hamilton's personal cook was Petty Officer Francis Henry Agnew, who had served on HMS Sheffield during the operations against Bismarck.[ citation needed]
After the War he was appointed Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland and then, from 1948, Admiral at the British Joint Services Mission in Washington D. C. [1]
Frederick Dalyrmple is descended from the 10th Earl of Stair. his father was the Hon. North de Coigny Dalrymple-Hamilton, the Earl's second son and his mother was Marcia Liddell, daughter of The Hon. Sir Adolphus Frederick Octavious Liddell and Frederica Elizabeth Lane Fox.[ citation needed]
He married Gwendolen Peek in 1918. They had one son and two daughters. [1] Both had royal godparents: North was a godson of Edward VIII and daughter Graeme Elizabeth was a goddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Dalrymple-Hamilton's home was at Clady House in Cairnryan, Wigtownshire where he and Gwendolen raised their children. [5]
Their son Captain North Edward Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton (1921–2014) followed his father into the Royal Navy and became executive officer of the Royal Yacht Britannia. [6] Lady Dalrymple-Hamilton died in 1974.
His and Gwendolen's grandson, North John Frederick, served as a Page of Honour to the Queen Mother.[ citation needed]