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PHILLIMORE, SIR RICHARD FORTESCUE, eldest son of Sir Augustus Phillimore (qv); b. 23 Dec 1864; adm. 27 Jan 1876 (G); left Dec 1877; Cadet, Royal Navy 15 Jan 1878; Sub-Lieut., 18 Feb 1884; Lieut., 20 Aug 1886; Commander, 1 Jan 1899; Capt., 30 Jun 1904; Rear-Adm. 9 Jan 1915; Vice-Adm., 24 Jan 1920; Adm., 1 Aug 1924; retd. 1929; served in China 1900; commanded machine guns of Naval Brigade at capture of Illig; served in Falkland Islands action 8 Dec 1914, the Dardanelles and Gallipoli; commanded First Battle Cruiser Squadrton, Grand Fleet 1916-8; Vice-Adm. commanding Reserve Fleet 1920-2; Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth 1923-5; First and Principal Naval ADC to King George V 1928-9; mentioned in despatches four times; CB 1 Jan 1914; MVO 11 Aug 1915; KCMG 1 Jan 1918; KCB 3 Jun 1919; GCB 3 Jun 1929; Order of St, Vladimir and St. Stanislas (Russia), Order of the Rising Sun (Japan) and Commander, Legion d’Honneur (France); m. 21 Dec 1905 Violet Gore, younger dau. of Henry Hobhouse Turton, London, banker; d. 8 Nov 1940. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.