Admiral Sir Alan Geoffrey Hotham, KCMG, CB (3 October 1876 – 10 July 1965) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He also played first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1901.
Born the son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Hotham, Hotham was born in Edinburgh, Midlothian on 3 October 1876 and played first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1901.[1]
By then a Lieutenant, he was in September 1902 posted as a gunnery officer to the protected cruiser HMS Isis,[2] based at Dartmouth. He served during the First World War, commanding the C-class light cruiser HMS Comus at the Battle of Jutland.[3] He was appointed Director of Trade at the Admiralty in 1917 and Commodore Commanding the New Zealand Division in 1921[4] before serving as Director of Naval Intelligence at the Admiralty[5] from 1924 to 1927.[4] He retired from the navy in 1929 and became a member of Port of London Authority.[6] Hotham was Gentleman Usher of the Blue Rod between 1934[7] and 1959. In this capacity he was present at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.[8]
He died in Victoria, London on 10 July 1965 at the age of 88.[1]
References
- ^ a b "CricketWorld". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36861. London. 1 September 1902. p. 8.
- ^ Battle of Jutland - Royal Navy Ships and Commanding Officers
- ^ a b Senior Royal Navy Appointments Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Maisel, Ephraim The Foreign Office and foreign policy, 1919-1926 p. 150
- ^ "SUPPLEMENT 2335". Br Med J. 2 (4633): S175–S188. 1949. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.4633.s175. PMC 2051418.
- ^ "No. 34103". The London Gazette. 9 November 1934. p. 7154.
- ^ "No. 40020". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 November 1953. p. 6240.
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