George Atkinson-Willes

Admiral Sir George Lambart Atkinson-Willes, (13 July 1847 – 25 December 1921) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.

Naval career Educated at Leamington College and at Burney's Royal Naval Academy in Gosport, he joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1861 and took part in the Abyssinian Expedition in 1868 where he was second in command of the naval rocket brigade. and in May 1902 he became Second-in-Command of the Home Fleet. He hoisted his flag on board the pre-dreadnought battleship on 7 May 1902, as his flagship during the Coronation Fleet Review for King Edward VII. After the end of the manoeuvres, he transferred on 16 September to , which became flagship to the Home Squadron, the permanent sea-going nucleus of the Home Fleet.

In 1903 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station. In June 1905 in recognition of his service in Somaliland he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.

Atkinson-Willes was promoted vice admiral in 1905 and admiral in 1908. He retired in July 1912 and died in December 1921, aged 74.