The Navy as I Have Known It, 1849-1899 (Paperback) - Common
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Edmund Robert FREMANTLE, British Naval officer. Burmah, New Zealand, Ashanti, and Jubilee medals, Vitu clasp; medal of Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society for saving life at sea; Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, 1st class. Publications: Prize Essay on Naval Tactics (gold medal), Royal United Service Institution, 1880.
Background
FREMANTLE, Edmund Robert was born on June 15, 1836 in London. 4th son of 1st Baron Cottesloe and Louisa Elisabeth, daughter of F.-M. Sir George Nugent, Baronet;married Barberina Rogers, c. daughter of Robert Mackintosh Isaacs, Doctor of Laws, New South Wales.
Admiral, 1896; served Burmese War, 1852. New Zealand War, 1864-1866. Ashanti War, 1873-1874.
Senior Naval officer. Severely wounded; thanks of both Houses of Parliament. Companion of the Bath, Companion of St. Michael and St. George.
Blockado E. Coast of Africa, 1888-1889. Vitu punitive expedition, 1890. Rear-Admiral, 2nd in command, Channel Squadron, 1886-1887.
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, 1888-1891. Commander-in-Chief, China, 1892-1895. Comniander-inChief, Plymouth, 1896-1899.
Burmah, New Zealand, Ashanti, and Jubilee medals, Vitu clasp. Royal Humane Society’s silver, bronze, and gold (Stanhope) medals. Medal of Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society for saving life at sea.
Order of tho Crown, 1st class, of Prussia. Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, 1st class. F.lt.G.S., Justice of the Peace; Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom since 1901; Associate Institute Naval Architects; M.R.U.S. Institution.
Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, cartulary-register 1899; Knight Commander of the Bath, cartulary-register 1889; Companion of St. Michael and St. George. Admiral; Honourable; Sir.