Parents William Tudor Rank Admiral Spouse Euphemia Fenno (m. 1814) | Years of service 1876 - 1922 Role Businessman Name Frederick Tudor | |
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Commands held HMS PrometheusHMS ChallengerHMS SuperbChina StationRoyal Naval College, Greenwich Died February 6, 1864, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Resting place King's Chapel Burying Ground | ||
Frederick tudor the ice king
Admiral Sir Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor (1863–1946) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Sea Lord.
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Early life and career
Frederick Charles Tudor Jones was born on 29 March, 1863, the son of Mr. H. R. Jones, of Harwich. He came first in order of merit out of forty-two candidates who passed the examination for naval cadetships in 1875.
Jones was promoted to the rank of Template:LieutRN with seniority of 29 March, 1884.
On 26 December, 1890, he adopted his mother's maiden name and changed his surname to Tudor.
Tudor was promoted to the rank of Template:CommRN on 31 December, 1896. He was appointed an Assistant to the Director of Naval Ordnance from the same date.
He was appointed to the Hannibal on 10 May, 1898.
Tudor was Commanding Officer of HMS Prometheus, HMS Challenger and HMS Superb. In 1910 he was given command of the Gunnery School at Whale Island in Portsmouth. He went on to be Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes in 1912.
He served in World War I as Third Sea Lord from 1914 to 1917 when he became Commander-in-Chief, China Station. Tudor was responsible for arranging the escape of refugees from Siberia through Japan and on to Canada. In 1917, he was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, which represents the second highest of eight classes associated with the award. Notice of the King's permission to accept and to display this honour was duly published in the London Gazette.
Tudor later became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1920 before retiring in 1922.
Tudor was an uncle of Owen Frederick Morton Tudor, who married Larissa Tudor, a woman some people have claimed might have really been Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia.