Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton

Rear-Admiral Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton, 1942.
Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Admiral SIR Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton, K.C.B., R.N. (27 March, 1890 – 26 December, 1974) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served in both World Wars.

Life & Career

His service record indicates that he was born in London, but other sources indicate Bargany, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Dalrymple-Hamilton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 August, 1911.

Dalrymple-Hamilton commanded six different destroyers in eight separate wartime appointments. His service record is difficult to read, but he appears to have collided with a trawler when in command of Druid and in May 1918 he was blamed for damaging the propellers of H.M.S. Murray. At the very end of the war, he was admitted to Queensferry Hospital for influenza.

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 August, 1919. He was admitted to hospital in January 1921 for some defect ("deflected nasal [illeg]"?) which required an operation to set right. Following this, he was placed on three months half pay to convalesce.

Dalrymple-Hamilton was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1924.

Commander Dalrymple-Hamilton was appointed to the flotilla leader Keppel on 10 February, 1925 and remained with her as she neared completion at Portsmouth, but it is not clear whether he commissioned her.

Dalrymple-Hamilton was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1931.

In 1936, he asked for relief to "attend to most urgent private affairs."

Dalrymple-Hamilton served as captain of the battleship Rodney from November 1939 until he was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 8 July, 1941. This placed him in her when she participated in the sinking of the battleship Bismarck.

Dalrymple-Hamilton was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 15 June, 1944.

He was promoted to the rank of Admiral with seniority of 4 January, 1948 and retired from the naval service on 4 October, 1950.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Henry A. Binmore	Captain of H.M.S. Garry 2 Jan, 1917 – 26 Jan, 1917	Succeeded by Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton
Preceded by Douglas G. Jeffrey	Captain of H.M.S. Thorn 29 Jan, 1917 – 14 Feb, 1917	Succeeded by Claude Hamilton
Preceded by John H. Jauncey	Captain of H.M.S. Lark 19 Feb, 1917 – 28 Feb, 1917	Succeeded by Charles M. Blackman
Preceded by Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton	Captain of H.M.S. Garry 3 Mar, 1917 – 22 Jun, 1917	Succeeded by Edward F. B. Law
Preceded by Thomas C. C. Bolster	Captain of H.M.S. Druid 22 Jun, 1917 – 1 Mar, 1918	Succeeded by Norman B. F. Peploe
Preceded by Evelyn H. B. L. Scrivener	Captain of H.M.S. Murray 1 Mar, 1918 – 19 Apr, 1918	Succeeded by Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton
Preceded by Spencer F. Russell	Captain of H.M.S. Munster 19 Apr, 1918 – 3 May, 1918	Succeeded by Henry R. James
Preceded by Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton	Captain of H.M.S. Murray 3 May, 1918 – 3 Feb, 1919	Succeeded by Henry M. Coombs
Preceded by Henry M. Coombs	Captain of H.M.S. Sturgeon 3 Feb, 1919 – 11 Jan, 1921	Succeeded by Henry C. Rawlings
Preceded by Alexander L. Fletcher	Captain of H.M.S. Violent 7 Aug, 1922 – 15 Dec, 1922	Succeeded by Norman A. G. Ohlenschlager
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Keppel Feb, 1925 – May, 1925	Succeeded by Charles G. Ramsey
Preceded by Charles G. Ramsey	Captain of H.M.S. Spenser May, 1925	Succeeded by Cyril St. C. Cameron
Preceded by William J. Whitworth	Captain of H.M.S. Malcolm 1 Feb, 1932 – 6 Jul, 1932	Succeeded by George H. Creswell
Preceded by Gerald C. Harrison	Captain of H.M.S. Keith 18 Oct, 1933 – 15 Mar, 1936	Succeeded by Denis W. Boyd
Preceded by Gerald C. Harrison	Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla 18 Oct, 1933	Succeeded by Rhoderick R. McGrigor
Preceded by Reginald V. Holt	Captain of Royal Naval College, Dartmouth 29 Dec, 1936 – Nov, 1939	Succeeded by Robert L. B. Cunliffe
Preceded by Edward N. Syfret	Captain of H.M.S. Rodney 21 Nov, 1939 – Jul, 1941	Succeeded by James W. Rivett-Carnac
Preceded by Arthur M. Peters	Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty ? – 1944	Succeeded by Cecil H. J. Harcourt
Preceded by Robert L. Burnett	Rear-Admiral Commanding, Tenth Cruiser Squadron 3 Mar, 1944 – 8 Apr, 1945	Succeeded by Angus E. M. B. Cunninghame Graham
Preceded by Louis H. K. Hamilton	Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard Apr, 1945 – 1 May, 1946	Succeeded by Marcel H. A. Kelsey
Preceded by Sir William J. Whitworth as Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth	Flag Officer Commanding Scotland and Northern Ireland Jul, 1946 – Jul, 1948	Succeeded by Sir Ernest R. Archer