Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton

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

Born in London.

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

Dalrymple-Hamilton commanded six different destroyers in eight separate wartime appointments and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 August, 1919.

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.

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.

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 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 Louis H. K. Hamilton	Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard Apr, 1945 – 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