Frederick Tudor
| Sir Frederick Tudor | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1863 |
| Died | 1946 |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1876–1922 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Prometheus HMS Challenger HMS Superb China Station Royal Naval College, Greenwich |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George |
Admiral Sir Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor KCB KCMG (1863–1946) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Sea Lord.
Naval career
Tudor joined the Royal Navy in 1876.[1] He was Commanding Officer of HMS Prometheus, HMS Challenger and HMS Superb.[1] In 1910 he was given command of the Gunnery School at Whale Island in Portsmouth.[1] He went on to be Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes in 1912.[1]
He served in World War I as Third Sea Lord from 1914 to 1917 when he became Commander-in-Chief, China Station.[1] 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.[2]
Tudor later became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1920[3] before retiring in 1922.[1]
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 2 3 4 5 6 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ↑ Order of the Rising Sun, conferred 1917 -- The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30363. p. 11322. 30 October 1917. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
- ↑ 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
External links
The Dreadnought Project: Frederick Tudor
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Gordon Moore |
Third Sea Lord 1914–1917 |
Succeeded by Sir Lionel Halsey |
| Preceded by Sir William Grant |
Commander-in-Chief, China Station 1917–1919 |
Succeeded by Sir Alexander Duff |
| Preceded by Sir William Pakenham |
President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich 1920–1922 |
Succeeded by Sir Herbert Richmond |