Algernon Heneage

Admiral Sir Algernon Charles Fieschi Heneage (19 March 1833 – 10 June 1915) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Dubbed "Pompo", he was known for his immaculate dress and his white-glove inspections of the ships under his command.

Naval career Heneage was commissioned as a lieutenant into the Royal Navy in 1854. In 1861, he was commanding officer of HMS Falcon, part of the West Africa Squadron. Promoted to captain in 1866, he took command of HMS Rodney in 1867 and then HMS Warrior in 1881. and appointed Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1887. He was promoted vice-admiral in 1889, and appointed Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1892.

Following the succession of King Edward VII, he was among several retired admirals advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902, and received the insignia in an investiture on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert outside Cowes on 15 August 1902, the day before the fleet review held there to mark the coronation. He was installed as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1913.

He died in 1915.