Bertram Thesiger
Royal Navy admiral
About Bertram Thesiger
Lived 1875 – 1966 (aged 91).
Admiral Sir Bertram Sackville Thesiger (14 January 1875 – 12 May 1966) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.
Early life He was the son of Hon. Sir Edward Pierson Thesiger, Clerk to the House of Lords, and Georgina Mary Stopford.
Naval career Thesiger joined the Royal Navy in 1887. Promoted to commander he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1911 Coronation Honours.
He served in World War I as commanding officer of HMS Inconstant at the Battle of Jutland He became Admiral Superintendent Portsmouth Dockyard in 1925 and Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1927; he retired with the rank of admiral in 1932.
He became deputy lieutenant of Hampshire and lived at "Clerks" in Bramshott in Hampshire.
Family In 1921 he married Violet Brodrick Cloete (née Henley) in Malta.
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Who was Bertram Thesiger?
Royal Navy admiral (1875-1966)
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Bertram Thesiger was born on 14 January 1875.
When did Bertram Thesiger die?
Bertram Thesiger died on 12 May 1966.
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