Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair
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Sir Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair MVO GCB of Freswick in Caithness, Scotland (1865 in Malta - 13 November 1945) was British admiral, who is known for leading a squadron of light cruisers in the Baltic to support independence of Estonia and Latvia in 1918[1]
He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (GCB) and as a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO).
He was in command of the Sixth Light Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914) on HMS Cardiff and commanded the First Light Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland (1916) where his ship Galatea was prominent.
[edit] Service biography
- Joined Royal Navy 1879
- Commanding Osborne Naval College 1905-1908
- Commanding HMS Victory (May 1911 - Aug 1913)[2]
- World War I 1914-1918
- Battle of Jutland 1916
- 3 Light Cruiser Sqn 1917-1920
- Admiral-Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard 1920-1922
- Commanding First Battle Sqadron, Atlantic Fleet 1922-1924
- Commander-in-Chief, China Station 1925-1926
- Commander-in-Chief, The Nore 1927-1930
- Retired 1930 [3]
