Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton

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Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton
27 March 1890 – 26 December 1974
Place of birth	Bargany, Girvan, Ayrshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1909 - 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) (05 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	World War I World War II - Bismarck - Normandy
Awards	^[1]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 was a British naval officer who served in World War I and World War II.

[edit] Family

Dalrymple-Hamilton was the son of Col Hon. North de Coigny Dalrymple-Hamilton, MVO, of Bargany, Girvan, Ayrshire. He married Gwendolen in 1918 (died 1974). The couple had one son and two daughters.