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Admiral Sir Edmund R. Pears, 1920.
© National Portrait Gallery, London.

Vice-Admiral SIR Edmund Radcliffe Pears, K.B.E., C.B., R.N. (25 April, 1862 – 21 June, 1941) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Pears was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1885.[1]

For his services in Benin, Pears was specially promoted to the rank of Commander on 25 May, 1897.[2]

Pears was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1903.[3]

He assumed command of the first class protected cruiser Diadem in January 1905, but only for a single month.[4]

In June 1906, he assumed command of the second class protected cruiser Arrogant.[5]

He was appointed command of the battleship Triumph on 12 November, 1907.[6]

He was appointed as Captain of the battleship Agamemnon on 5 April, 1910.[7]

On 21 December, 1911, Pears was appointed Inspecting Captain of Boys' Training Ships.[8] On 5 April, 1913, he was appointed to Impregnable as Commodore, Second Class "in Charge of Boys' Training Service."[9] In the naval manœuvres of that year, he was given command of the Tenth Cruiser Squadron.[10]

Pears was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 February, 1914, vice Bradford.[11]

Great War

Pears was appointed to fly his flag at Invergordon on 13 August, 1914.[12]

He was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1917.[13]

Post-War

Pears was appointed a Knight Commander in the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.) on 1 January, 1919.[14] He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 9 January vice Troubridge.[15] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 24 January, 1920,[16] and was promoted to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 3 March, 1924.[17]

Bibliography

  • "Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund Pears" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 24 June, 1941. Issue 48960, col E, p. 7.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Frederick St. G. Rich 		[[H.M.S. Diadem (1896)|Captain of H.M.S. Diadem]]
3 Jan, 1905[18] – ? 		Succeeded by
Herbert W. Savory
Preceded by
Evelyn R. Le Marchant 		[[H.M.S. Argonaut (1898)|Captain of H.M.S. Argonaut]]
23 Feb, 1905[19] – ? 		Succeeded by
Edmund H. Smith
Preceded by
John P. Rolleston 		[[H.M.S. Arrogant (1896)|Captain of H.M.S. Arrogant]]
8 Jun, 1906[20] – ? 		Succeeded by
Ralph Hudleston
Preceded by
Richard B. Farquhar 		[[H.M.S. Triumph (1903)|Captain of H.M.S. Triumph]]
12 Nov, 1907[21] – ? 		Succeeded by
William C. Pakenham
Preceded by
William C. Pakenham 		[[H.M.S. Glory (1899)|Captain of H.M.S. Glory]]
29 Mar, 1909[22] – ? 		Succeeded by
Marcus R. Hill
Preceded by
George A. Giffard 		[[H.M.S. Trafalgar (1887)|Captain of H.M.S. Trafalgar]]
21 Apr, 1909[23] – ? 		Succeeded by
Herbert Lyon
Preceded by
Bernard Currey 		[[H.M.S. Agamemnon (1906)|Captain of H.M.S. Agamemnon]]
5 Apr, 1910[24] – ? 		Succeeded by
Arthur Hayes-Sadler
Preceded by
Theobald W. B. Kennedy 		[[H.M.S. Royal Arthur (1891)|Captain of H.M.S. Royal Arthur]]
15 Jul, 1913[25] – ? 		Succeeded by
George C. Hardy
Preceded by
Edward F. Bruen 		[[H.M.S. Powerful (1895)|Captain of H.M.S. Powerful]]
10 Oct, 1913[26] – ? 		Succeeded by
?

 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25485. p. 3002. 30 June, 1885.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26856. p. 2929. 25 May, 1897.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27632. p. 25. 1 January, 1904.
  4. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 387.
  7. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 14 March, 1910. Issue 39219, col E, p. 7.
  8. ↑ "Greenwich Hospital Chapel" (News). The Times. Thursday, 21 December, 1911. Issue 39774, col G, p. 4.
  9. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 8 April, 1913. Issue 40180, col F, p. 5.
  10. ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 10 June, 1913. Issue 40234, col B, p. 5.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28801. p. 1176. 13 February, 1914.
  12. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 3.
  13. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29886. p. 1. 1 January, 1917.
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31099. p. 111. 1 January, 1919.
  15. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31136. p. 1073. 21 January, 1919.
  16. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31779. p. 1831. 13 February, 1920.
  17. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32919. p. 2323. 18 March, 1924.
  18. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  19. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  20. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  21. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  22. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  23. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 86.
  24. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  25. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.
  26. ↑ Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 86.

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