Edward Fitzherbert, 13th Baron Stafford

Edward Fitzherbert, 13th Baron Stafford
Born 17 April 1864
Died 28 September 1941
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service 1877 - 1925
Rank Admiral
Commands held HMS Albemarle
HMS Impegnable
HMS Bedford
Cape of Good Hope Station
Battles/wars World War I
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, 13th Baron Stafford, KCB (17 April 1864 – 28 September 1941) was an English peer, holding the title Baron Stafford. He was also a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station.

Naval career

Edward's father was Basil Thomas Fitzherbert and his mother was Emily Charlotte Stafford-Jerningham.[1] He joined the Royal Navy in 1877.[2] Promoted to Captain in 1904,[3] he was given command of the battleship HMS Albemarle,[4] of the training ship HMS Impegnable[5] and then of the armoured cruiser HMS Bedford which ran aground during sea trials in 1910.[6]

He served in World War I as Director of Mines and Torpedoes from October 1915 and as Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station from May 1918.[7] He became a full Admiral on retirement in 1925.[8]

It was through his mother's side of the family that he gained the Stafford barony in 1932; his brother Francis Fitzherbert-Stafford, 12th Baron Stafford had died without issue in 1932.[9] Fitzherbert-Stafford also descended from Genoese nobility as his great grandfather was John Vincent Gandolfi, 12th Marquis Gandolfi.[10] Fitzherbert did not marry and died without issue, the barony thus passed on to his nephew Basil Fitzherbert, 14th Baron Stafford. He died at the family seat of Swynnerton Hall at age 77.

References

  1. ^ Edward Fitzherbert, 13th Baron Stafford ThePeerage.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
  2. ^ Naval Cadetships, The Times, 30 June 1877
  3. ^ Royal Navy Admirals 1904-1945
  4. ^ Royal Navy Fleet Organisation 1906
  5. ^ Navy List 1908
  6. ^ Royal Navy Memorials
  7. ^ Simonstown Historical Society
  8. ^ London Gazette: no. 33031. p. 1954. 20 March 1925. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
  9. ^ Francis Edward Fitzherbert-Stafford, 12th Baron Stafford". GeneAll.net. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
  10. ^ Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval Staff (1994). The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, being a complete table of all the descendants now living of Edward III, King of England. Genealogical Publishing Company. ISBN 080631432X.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Edward Charlton		 Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station
1918–1920		 Succeeded by
Sir William Goodenough
Peerage of England
Preceded by
Francis Fitzherbert-Stafford, 12th Baron Stafford		 Baron Stafford
1932–1941		 Succeeded by
Basil Fitzherbert, 14th Baron Stafford