Lewis Clinton-Baker

Admiral Sir Lewis Clinton-Baker KCB KCVO CBE (16 March 1866 – 12 December 1939) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.

Sir Lewis Clinton-Baker
Lewis Clinton-Baker
Born16 March 1866
Died12 December 1939(1939-12-12) (aged 73)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1879–1927
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Gibraltar
HMS Berwick
HMS Hercules
HMS Benbow
East Indies Station
Battles/warsMahdist War
Second Boer War
World War I
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

History

Clinton-Baker joined the Royal Navy in 1879[1] He took part in the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882 and went to command HMS Gibraltar during the Second Boer War.[1] He was promoted to Commander on 1 January 1901[2] and commanded HMS Berwick from 1908.[3]

He served in World War I as Captain of HMS Hercules, which he commanded at the Battle of Jutland in 1916,[4] and then as Captain of HMS Benbow from later that year; he then took responsibility for laying a mine barrage across the North Sea[1] from a base at Grangemouth.[5]

He became Second-in-Command of the Second Battle Squadron in 1919, Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard in 1920[6] and Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1921.[7] In 1925 he was made Admiral commanding the Reserves[8] and in 1927 he retired.[9]

He lived at Bayfordbury in Hertfordshire.[10]

Family

In 1920 he married Rosa Agnes Henderson.[11]

References
  1. Visitation of England and Wales
  2. "No. 27263". The London Gazette. 4 January 1901. p. 82.
  3. Navy List 1908
  4. Battle of Jutland – Royal Navy Ships and Commanding Officers
  5. Royal Navy Flag Officers 1914-1918
  6. The Times, 9 June 1921
  7. Whitaker's Almanack 1923
  8. Navy Notes, The RUSI Journal, Volume 70, Issue 479 August 1925 , pages 563 – 575
  9. Navy Notes, The RUSI Journal, Volume 72, Issue 487 August 1927 , pages 651 – 662
  10. Stories about the Rev. James Fynes, Rector of St Andrews Church 1735-1774
  11. Clarence 22
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