Allan Everett

Admiral Sir Allan Frederic Everett, (22 February 1868 – 22 January 1938) was a Royal Navy officer who served as First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff from 1921 to 1923.

Naval services Born the fourth son of Colonel John Frederic Everett, Everett joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1884. He became Captain of the Fleet for the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet in 1913 and at the start of the First World War found himself on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet. He was given command of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron in October 1918. After the war he was given command of the 8th Light Cruiser Squadron in the Atlantic, and then Commander-in-Chief, China Station in November 1924. He suffered a breakdown in April 1925 and was relieved of his command shortly thereafter. He retired in 1926.

Family In 1899 he married Michaelangela Katherine Carr.