Augustus Phillimore

Admiral Sir Augustus Phillimore (24 May 1822 – 25 November 1897) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth. He is credited with first proposing the creation of a modern naval dockyard in Gibraltar.

Early life Phillimore was born on 24 May 1822 at Whitehall in Westminster, London the son of Joseph Phillimore later a professor of civil law at Oxford and his wife Elizabeth. He was educated at Westminster before joining the Royal Navy College at Portsmouth.

Naval career Phillimore joined the Royal Navy in 1835. He served in the Carlist Wars and in the First Opium War. Promoted Commander in 1852, he was given command of HMS Medea in 1853 Today the docks are known as Gibdock.

Phillimore became Second-in-command of the Channel Squadron in January 1876 and Superintendent of the Royal Naval Reserve in November 1876.

Family In 1864 he married Harriet Eleanor Fortescue, daughter of George Fortescue ; Adm. Sir Richard Fortescue Phillimore (1864–1940), Royal Navy Officer George Grenville Phillimore (1867–1925), barrister and legal scholar Violet Elizabeth Annie Phillimore (1869–1960), married John Willis Fleming Charles Augustus Phillimore (1871–1949), civil servant John Swinnerton Phillimore (1873–1926), classical scholar and poet Capt. Valentine Egerton Bagot Phillimore (1875–1945), Royal Navy Officer Rev. Edward Granville Phillimore (1876–1959), Vicar of St Mary's Church, Dorchester