Allegiance United Kingdom Service/branch Royal Navy Died December 12, 1939 | Name Lewis Clinton-Baker Years of service 1879 - 1927 Rank Admiral | |
Commands held HMS Gibraltar
HMS Berwick
HMS Hercules
HMS Benbow
East Indies Station Battles/wars Mahdist War
Second Boer War
World War I Awards Order of the Bath, Royal Victorian Order, Order of the British Empire Battles and wars Mahdist War, Second Boer War, World War I | ||
Admiral Sir Lewis Clinton-Baker (16 March 1866 – 12 December 1939) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.
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History
Clinton-Baker joined the Royal Navy in 1879 He took part in the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882 and went to command HMS Gibraltar during the Second Boer War. He was promoted to Commander on 1 January 1901 and commanded HMS Berwick from 1908.
He served in World War I as Captain of HMS Hercules, which he commanded at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, and then as Captain of HMS Benbow from later that year; he then took responsibility for laying a mine barrage across the North Sea from a base at Grangemouth.
He became Second-in-Command of the Second Battle Squadron in 1919, Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard in 1920 and Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1921. In 1925 he was made Admiral commanding the Reserves and in 1927 he retired.
He lived at Bayfordbury in Hertfordshire.
Family
In 1920 he married Rosa Agnes Henderson.