Allan Everett (Royal Navy officer) explained

Sir Allan Everett
Birth Name:Allan Frederic Everett
Birth Date:22 February 1868
Death Place:London, England
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:Royal Navy
Serviceyears:1884–1926
Rank:Admiral
Commands:China Station (1924–25)
Chief of the Australian Naval Staff (1921–23)
8th Light Cruiser Squadron (1919–21)
4th Light Cruiser Squadron (1918–19)
(1911–13)
(1911)
(1910–11)
(1908–10)
(1904–06)
(1904)
Battles:First World War
Awards:Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Allan Frederic Everett (22 February 1868 – 22 January 1938) was a Royal Navy officer who served as First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff from 1921 to 1923.

Naval services

Born the fourth son of Colonel John Frederic Everett,[1] Everett joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1884.[2] He became Captain of the Fleet for the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet in 1913 and at the start of the First World War found himself on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet.[1] He was made Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord in 1915 and Aide-de-Camp to the King in 1916.[1] He became Naval Secretary later that year and served in that role during the closing stages of the war.[3] He was given command of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron in October 1918.[4] After the war he was given command of the 8th Light Cruiser Squadron in the Atlantic,[1] before becoming First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff in 1921[5] and then Commander-in-Chief, China Station in November 1924.[6] He suffered a breakdown in April 1925 and was relieved of his command shortly thereafter.[7] He retired in 1926.[2]

He died in London in January 1938.[8]

Family

In 1899 he married Michaelangela Katherine Carr.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/edward-walford/the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla/page-122-the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla.shtml Edward Walford, The county families of the United Kingdom, or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland (Volume ed.59, yr.1919). (page 122 of 416)
  2. Web site: Royal Navy Flag Officers . 21 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120304210949/http://www.admirals.org.uk/admirals/individual.php?RecNo=405 . 4 March 2012 . dead .
  3. Web site: Royal Air Force flag: timeline for introduction . 21 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101206053341/https://www.fotw.info/flags/gb-raf2.html . 6 December 2010 . dead .
  4. http://www.gwpda.org/naval/fdrn0004.htm The Grand Fleet 1914–1918
  5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2012780 Farewell to Sir Allan Everett
  6. http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19240916.2.58.aspx The China Squadron
  7. http://www.info.dfat.gov.au/info/historical/histdocs.nsf/2ecf3135305dccd7ca256b5d007c2afc/14aea6266fc9c033ca256d870006552f?OpenDocument Letter to the Prime Minister
  8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17438470 Death of Admiral Sir Allan Everett