About Frederick Parham
Lived 1901 – 1991 (aged 89–90). Frederick Parham was a naval officer.
Admiral Sir Frederick Robertson Parham, GBE, KCB, DSO (9 January 1901 – 20 March 1991) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.
Naval career Educated at the Revd Gregoire's preparatory school at Ashley Manor, Box, Wiltshire, the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Parham joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1913. He served in World War I as a midshipman on HMS Malaya. From 1942 he had command of the cruiser which remains permanently moored as a museum ship in London.
In retirement Parham chaired a Parliamentary Committee on Inland Waterways.
Family In 1926, he married Kathleen Dobrée; they had one son. Following the death of his first wife, he married Joan Charig Saunders in 1978.
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Who was Frederick Parham?
Royal Navy admiral (1901-1991)
When was Frederick Parham born?
Frederick Parham was born in 1901 in Bath.
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Frederick Parham died in 1991 in Chichester.
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Frederick Parham was a naval officer.
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