Warren D'Oyly

Warren Hastings D'Oyly
Born 3 August 1867
Died 22 March 1950
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Rank Vice-Admiral
Battles/wars First World War

Warren Hastings D'Oyly (3 August 1867 - 22 March 1950) was a British officer of the Royal Navy. He saw service in the First World War, and rose to the rank of vice-admiral.

Early life and family

Warren Hastings D'Oyly was born on 3 August 1867, the third son of Warren Hastings D'Oyly, later tenth Baronet, who worked in the Bengal Civil Service, and his wife Henrietta Mary Halliday, a daughter of Sir Frederick James Halliday, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. He was baptised at Bhagalpur, Bengal on 24 November 1867.[1]

He married, on 1 January 1912, Sylvia Agnes Alicia Hart, daughter of General Sir Reginald Clare Hart. He had with her one son: Lieutenant Reginald Clare Hastings D'Oyly (1918 - 1941), who served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War and died on 31 March 1941, while stationed on HMS Bonaventure, which was sunk south of Crete.[2]

Ancestry

Naval career

D'Oyly enrolled in the Royal Navy on 15 January 1881.[11] He was promoted to lieutenant in 1891,[12] captain in 1908, rear-admiral in 1919 and vice-admiral in 1925.[13]

D'Oyly served in the South African War 1899-1902, the Aro and River Niger Expeditions in 1902, the Anglo-French expedition in 1905, and the Haitian insurrection of 1914, before serving in the First World War.[14] By 1913, D'Oyly was the captain of HMS Lancaster, an armoured cruiser.[15] By 1917, he was the captain of HMS Donegal, another armoured cruiser.[16] After the conclusion of the First World War, D'Oyly was listed in the London Gazette as being one of the "Officers and Men ... brought to the notice of the Admiralty for valuable services in the prosecution of the War".[17]

Later life

Vice-Admiral D'Oyly died on 22 March 1950. He left an estate worth over £2,000.[18]

References

Citations

  1. ↑ National Archives, ADM 196/89/31 ; Family History Library microfiche records, batch number C75021-2, GS Film number: 499029 ; Burke, Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, 1865, p. 354 ; Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, 1931, p. 805 ; de Ruvigny, Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, "Essex" volume, p. 211 ; Fox-Davies, Armorial Families, 1929, vol. i, p. 565
  2. ↑ London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Mary, Bryanston Square, Register of marriages, P89/MRY2, Item 088 ; he is listed as a Captain, RN, and resident on HMS Blake ; Fox-Davies, Armorial Families, 1929, vol. i, p. 565 ; National Probate Calendar, 1942 (probate granted to his father, listed as retired Vice-Admiral) ; Naval Memorials in the United Kingdom, Plymouth, part 3, p. 184.
  3. ↑ Cokayne (1903), p. 282
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Cokayne (1903), p. 283
  5. ↑ Cokayne (1903), p. 282 ; widow of William Cotes of Calcutta ; daughter of William Rochfort, brother of the 1st Earl of Belvedere.
  6. ↑ Cokayne (1903), p. 283 ; Member of the Supreme Council at Calcutta
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Dod (1865), p. 304
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Walford (1869), p. 418
  9. ↑ Both sources state she was the second daughter of Rev. James Morrice.
  10. ↑ See for his full name: The calcutta Monthly Journal ... for the Year 1836, p. 41
  11. ↑ ADM 196/89/31
  12. ↑ The London Gazette, 31 July 1891, issue 26188, p. 4070
  13. ↑ Navy List, July 1931, p. 550.
  14. ↑ "Vice-Admiral W. H. D'Oyly", The Times, 27 March 1950
  15. ↑ K. Smith (ed.), "HMS LANCASTER - September 1913 to March 1915, UK out, 4th Cruiser Squadron West Indies, North America and West Indies Station (Part 1 of 3)", naval-history.net (accessed 4 August 2014).
  16. ↑ "HMS DONEGAL - January 1917 to October 1918, West Africa convoys (9th Cruiser Squadron), North America & West Indies Station, North Atlantic convoys, British waters (Part 2 of 2)", naval-history.net (accessed 4 August 2014).
  17. ↑ The London Gazette, 12 September 1919, issue 31553, p. 11581
  18. ↑ National Probate Calendar, 1950.

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