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Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle

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Allegiance
  
Name
  
Sumner Wetmore

Commands held
  
USS Georgia

Awards
  
Navy Cross

Rank
  
Died
  
December 29, 1950

Years of service
  
1889–1931

Role
  
Author


Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle

Born
  
June 14, 1867Peekskill, New York (
1867-06-14
)

Battles/wars
  
Spanish–American WarWorld War I

Books
  
Ketel Family, Also Ketel, Kettel, Kittelle and Kittle

Battles and wars
  

Service/branch
  

Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle (June 14, 1867 – December 29, 1950) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy and a veteran of the Spanish–American War and World War I. He was also the third military Governor of the United States Virgin Islands. Late in life, he also became an author and published a book on his family's genealogy.

Kittelle was born in Peekskill, New York. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1889. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his service during World War I, as commander of the battleship Georgia of the Atlantic Fleet. He was promoted to rear admiral in 1921 and made Governor of the Virgin Islands, a position he held only until 1922. Almost immediately on becoming governor, he sacked the civilian colonial assembly. In 1927, while a commandant of the 16th Naval District, he exposed a plot by "communists" to destroy a shipyard at Cavite. He retired in 1931.

In 1946, Kittelle wrote The Ketel family,: Also (Ketele, Kettele, Kettel, Kittelle and Kittle), a history of his family tree.

References

Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle Wikipedia


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