James Charles Tancred, born James Charles Cleghorn, was a British officer of the Royal Navy.
Background
James Charles Cleghorn was born on 17 September 1864, the second son of Captain George Cleghorn, Justice of the Peace Doctor of Laws, of the 17th Lancers, and his wife, Mary Anne Hay Lumsden, daughter of Colonel Thomas Lumsden Central Bank, of Belhelvie Lodge, Aberdeenshire.
Career
He saw service in the First World War, and rose to the rank of vice-admiral. His father was born with the surname Cleghorn, but changed it to Tancred by Royal License in 1885. Cleghorn entered the Royal Navy on 15 January 1878.
He was promoted to commander in 1901, captain in 1908, rear-admiral in 1919 and vice-admiral in 1925.
He was included on the retired list by 1931. Captain Tancred was in command of HMS Argyll when she ran aground by Bell Rock Lighthouse, off the coast of Angus, Scotland, in 1915.
The ship was wrecked, but the crew was rescued without loss. He died on 9 December 1943 and was buried in Street Margaret and Street Andrew Churchyard, Exmouth, Devon.
He left an estate worth over £1,100.
Bibliography
A.C. (before Christ) Fox-Davies (1905). Armorial Families
Marquess de Ruvigny (1905). The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, Clarence Volume.