Battles/wars World War I Battles and wars World War I Name Victor Stanley Service/branch Royal Navy | Role Royal Navy officer Rank Vice admiral Died June 9, 1934 Allegiance United Kingdom | |
Commands held HMS Essex
Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
HMS Erin
Reserve Fleet Awards Order of the Bath, Royal Victorian Order | ||
Vice-Admiral Sir Victor Albert Stanley KCB MVO (17 January 1867 – 9 June 1934) was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Reserve Fleet.
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Naval career
Born the son of the Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, giving him the honorific "The Honourable", Stanley entered the navy in 1880, was appointed a Lieutenant in 1889, promoted to Commander in January 1901, and Captain 1905. He became naval attaché to Russia in 1905, commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Essex in 1909 and Captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1912. He served in World War I as commanding officer of the battleship HMS Erin from 1914 to 1917. He became naval attaché in the British delegation to Washington D. C. in 1918, Second-in-Command of the 1st Battle Squadron in 1919 and Vice Admiral Commanding the Reserve Fleet in 1924 before retiring in 1926.
He stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party.
Family
He married in 1896 Canadian Annie Bickerton Pooley, daughter of Hon. C. E. Pooley, K.C., of British Columbia.