| Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe | |
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Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe |
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| Born | 1865 |
| Died | 1937 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | Royal Navy |
| Rank | Admiral of the Fleet |
| Commands held | Portsmouth Command |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe GCB, GCMG, CVO (1865–1937), sometimes known as Sir Somerset Calthorpe, was a British Royal Navy admiral and a member of the Gough-Calthorpe family.
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Gough-Calthorpe joined the Royal Navy in 1878.[1] He was a military attaché observing the actions of the Russian Imperial Navy during the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905).[2]
Calthorpe was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1911 and commanded the 1st Battle Squadron from 1912.[1] He commanded the 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron on the outbreak of the First World War.[1] He served with the Grand Fleet under Sir John Jellicoe until May 1916 when he moved to the Admiralty as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.[1] Calthorpe's replacement, Rear Admiral Hood, was killed at Jutland when Invincible was lost with nearly all aboard.
Calthorpe served at the Admiralty until December 1916 when he was moved by the new incumbents, First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Edward Carson and First Sea Lord Sir John Jellicoe, to command the reserve fleet. In July 1917 Calthorpe was appointed to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet[1] to replace Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, who had been brought home by the new First Lord Eric Campbell Geddes.
Calthorpe signed the Armistice of Mudros on behalf of all the Allies on 30 October 1918, by which the Ottoman Empire accepted defeat and left the Central Powers, resulting in the 1920 Treaty of Sèvres.
In the post-war period Calthorpe served as British Commissioner in the Ottoman Empire from 1918[1] and then as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth from 1920.[1] He became First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King in 1924 and retired in 1930.[1] [1]
Captain Somerset Arthur Calthorpe, R.N., son of Lieut-General Hon. S. J. Calthorpe, and grandson of the 6th Lord Calthorpe married Effie Dunsmuir, daughter of Hon. Robert Dunsmuir, M.E.C., of "Craigdarroch Castle," Victoria, British Columbia, and his wife, Joanna, daughter of Alexander White, Esquire, of Kilmarnock, Scotland. The couple were married at St. George's, Hanover Square, London, England, March, 1900. Mrs. Calthorpe is a sister of Lady Musgrave and of Mrs. Chaplin.[3]
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Frederick Hamilton |
Second Sea Lord 1916 |
Succeeded by Sir Cecil Burney |
| Preceded by Vacant (Last held by Sir Berkeley Milne) |
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet 1917–1919 |
Succeeded by Sir John de Robeck |
| Preceded by Sir Cecil Burney |
Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth 1920–1923 |
Succeeded by Sir Sydney Fremantle |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by Sir Charles Madden, Bt. |
First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp 1924–1925 |
Succeeded by Sir Montague Browning |