Reginald Tupper

Sir Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper (16 October 1859 – 5 March 1945) was a Royal Navy officer active during the late Victorian period and the First World War.

Early life and career Reginald Tupper was born on 16 October 1859, the son of C. W. Tupper, an officer in the Royal Fusiliers. His mother was Letitia Frances Wheeler-Cuffe, the daughter of Sir Jonah Denny-Wheeler-Cuffe, an Irish baronet. He joined the Royal Navy at the age of 14 in 1873, and saw active service during the 1890 Witu Expedition in East Africa, where he was mentioned in despatches. In 1898 he was appointed as Deputy Commissioner for the Western Pacific and a member of the Naval Intelligence Department, and in 1901 promoted to captain and posted to the Admiralty as Assistant Director of Naval Ordnance.

On 28 September 1901, Admiral Tupper arrived at Ocean Island aboard HMS Pylades to formally take possession of the island for Great Britain. In 1903, Tupper was given a seagoing command, the cruiser , and transferred to the battleship in 1905. In 1907, he was appointed to command , a gunnery training depot. In 1912, he returned to a seagoing command with the Home Fleet, as a rear-admiral commanding the Portsmouth Division, aboard the battleship ; he left this post in 1913.

First World War Tupper did not return to a command at the outbreak of the First World War, but in early 1915 was given command of the patrol area around the West Coast of Scotland. During the First World War, he was nicknamed "Holy Reggie" by his sailors.

Following his retirement, Tupper became associated with the British Fascisti, a right-wing group with a large number of upper-class supporters. In 1929 he published his memoirs, Reminiscences.