Alan Geoffrey Hotham

Sir Alan Hotham
Born	3 October 1876 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Died	10 July 1965 Victoria, London
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Comus New Zealand Division
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Companions of the Order of the Bath

**Alan Hotham**
Personal information
Full name	Alan Geoffrey Hotham
Born	3 November 1876(1876-11-03) Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Died	10 July 1965(1965-07-10) (aged 88) Victoria, London, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1901	Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition	FC
Matches	1
Runs scored	16
Batting average	8.00
100s/50s
Top score
Balls bowled	6
Wickets	0
Bowling average	6.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling	0/6
Catches/stumpings
Source: Cricinfo, 2 January 2010

Admiral Sir Alan Geoffrey Hotham, KCMG, CB (3 October 1876 – 10 July 1965) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He also played first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1901.

Naval career

Hotham was born in Edinburgh, Midlothian on 3 October 1876 and played first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1901.^[1] He served during the First World War, commanding the C-class light cruiser HMS Comus at the Battle of Jutland.^[2] He was appointed Director of Trade at the Admiralty in 1917 and Commodore Commanding the New Zealand Division in 1921^[3] before serving as Director of Naval Intelligence at the Admiralty^[4] from 1924 to 1927.^[3] He retired from the navy in 1929 and became a member of Port of London Authority.^[5] Hotham was Gentleman Usher of the Blue Rod between 1934^[6] and 1959. In this capacity he was present at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.^[7]

He died in Victoria, London on 10 July 1965 at the age of 88.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b CricketWorld
^ Battle of Jutland - Royal Navy Ships and Commanding Officers
^ ^a ^b Senior Royal Navy Appointments
^ Maisel, Ephraim The Foreign Office and foreign policy, 1919-1926 p.150
^ Metropolitan Counties Branch Supplement to the British Medical Journal, 22 October 1949
^ London Gazette: no. 34103. p. 7154. 9 November 1934. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 40020. p. 6240. 20 November 1953. Retrieved 2011-12-31.

Military offices
Preceded by New Post	Commander-in-Chief, New Zealand Division 1921–1923	Succeeded by Alister Beal
Court offices
Preceded by Sir Reginald Laurence Antrobus	Gentleman Usher of the Blue Rod 1934–1959	Succeeded by Sir George Beresford-Stooke

Directors of Naval Intelligence

W.H. Hall (1887–1889) · Bridge (1889–1894) · Beaumont (1895–1899) · Custance (1899–1902) · Battenberg (1902–1905) · Ottley (1905–1907) · Slade (1907–1909) · Bethell (1909–1912) · Jackson (1912–1913) · Oliver (1913–1914) · W.R. Hall (1914–1919) · Sinclair (1919–1921) · Fitzmaurice (1921–1924) · Hotham (1924–1927) · Fisher (1926–1927) · Domvile (1927–1930) · Usborne (1930–1932) · Dickens (1932–1935) · Troup (1935–1939) · Godfrey (1939–1943) · Rushbrooke (1943–1946) · Parry (1946–1948) · Longley-Cook (1948–1951) · Buzzard (1951–1954) · Inglis (1954–1960) · Denning (1960–1964) · Graham (1964–1965)

Persondata
Name	Hotham, Alan Geoffrey
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	3 November 1876
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Midlothian
Date of death	10 July 1965
Place of death	Victoria, London