Adolphus FitzGeorge

Rear-Admiral Sir Adolphus Augustus Frederick FitzGeorge KCVO RN (January 30, 1846 - December 17, 1922) was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy.

Biography

He was the second son of 2nd Duke of Cambridge and the actress Louisa Fairbrother and was born January 30, 1846. His parents subsequently went through a form of marriage in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772 when his mother was pregnant with his youngest brother. Neither he nor his brothers held Royal titles, and were ineligible to succeed to the Duchy of Cambridge.

Sir Adolphus entered the Royal Navy in March, 1859, and became sub-lieutenant in 1865 and a lieutenant in the following year. In June, 1867, he joined the Galatea, screw frigate, commanded by Captain the Duke of Edinburgh, and in March, 1872, was appointed flag-lieutenant to Admiral Sir Rodney Mundy, Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. On November 30, 1872, he was promoted to commander. Following a period at the Royal Naval College, he became Inspecting Officer of Coastguard at Scarborough in February, 1874, and in September of the next year was given command of the sloop Rapid in the Mediterranean. Other commands he held were those of the Dasher, paddle gun-vessel, stationed off the Channel Islands; and the Salamis, dispatch vessel, in the Channel Squadron, from the latter of which he was promoted captain on October 14, 1881. In March, 1885, he became captain of the troopship Jumna, in the transport service to India, and his two years or more in this command marked the limit of his active naval employment. He retired on January 1, 1893, and was advanced to rear-admiral on the retired list on October 20, 1896. On leaving the Navy he received the appointment of Deputy Ranger of Richmond Park. For many years he acted as equerry to his father, and in 1904, the year in which the Duke died, he was gazetted a K.C.V.O.

Sir Adolphus married, on 21 September 1875 in Kingston upon Hull, Sophia Jane Holden (2 April 1857-3 February 1920), the daughter of Mr. Thomas Holden, of Winstead Hall, Hull, by whom he had one daughter. Following the death of the first Lady FitzGeorge the Admiral married, on 28 October 1920 in London, Marguerite Beatrice Daisy Watson (14 April 1863-26 February 1934), daughter of John Watson, of Waresley Court, Hartlebury, Worcestershire.

Sir Adolphus died December 17, 1922, at his residence, 20 Eccleston Square, London.

Issue

Ancestry

References

• Sir Adolphus Fitz George Career In The Navy, The Times, Dec 18, 1922; pg. 14.