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alexander bethell wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 naval career 2 family 3 references 4 books 5 external links toggle the table of contents alexander bethell 1 language مصرى edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia royal navy admiral 1855 1932 admiral sir alexander bethell gcmg kcb 1917 portrait by francis dodd born 1855 08 28 28 august 1855 london england died 13 june 1932 1932 06 13 aged 76 london england relatives richard bethell 3rd baron westbury brother military career allegiance united kingdom branch royal navy service years 1869 1918 rank admiral commands hms arethusa hms naiad hms hindustan east indies station royal naval college greenwich plymouth command coastguards and reserves conflicts world war i awards knight grand cross of the order of st michael and st george knight commander of the order of the bath admiral sir alexander edward bethell gcmg kcb 28 august 1855 13 june 1932 was a british naval officer who served as commander in chief plymouth of the royal navy naval career edit born the second son of richard augustus bethell 2nd baron westbury 1 bethell joined the royal navy in 1869 2 in july august 1899 he commanded the arethusa which was commissioned for the annual manoeuvres 3 he was given command of the cruiser hms naiad serving in the mediterranean fleet in march 1901 and landed the somaliland field force in east africa 1 before returning to the united kingdom to become assistant director of torpedoes 2 he was given command of the battleship hms hindustan in 1908 1 he was appointed director of naval intelligence in 1909 2 in that capacity he attended the famous cid meeting on 23 august at which the government rejected the royal navy s proposal that 5 divisions guard britain whilst one land on the baltic coast in the event of war with germany instead the army s plan to send an expeditionary force of between four and six divisions to france was adopted 4 he was appointed commander in chief east indies station in 1912 2 he was appointed officer commanding the royal navy war college at portsmouth in 1913 2 he served in world war i as commander battleships for the 3rd fleet 2 he was president of the royal naval college greenwich from 1914 to 1915 and was appointed commander in chief plymouth in 1916 and admiral commanding the coastguards and reserves in 1918 2 he retired later that year 2 he lived at wadeford house in combe st nicholas in somerset 1 he died in a london nursing home on 13 june 1932 5 family edit in 1890 he married hilda huntsman they had two sons and a daughter 1 both his sons were killed in world war i 1 references edit 1 2 3 4 5 6 the bethell family and wadeford house pdf archived from the original pdf on 26 march 2010 retrieved 14 august 2010 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 liddell hart centre for military archives navy list august 1899 corrected to 18 july 1899 supplement ships and officers engaged in the naval manoeuvres page 28 jeffery 2006 p96 7 admiral sir alexander bethell obituaries the times wednesday 15 june 1932 issue 46160 col c p 9 books edit jeffery keith 2006 field marshal sir henry wilson a political soldier oxford university press isbn 978 0 19 820358 2 external links edit the dreadnought project alexander bethell military offices preceded by edmond slade director of naval intelligence 1909 1912 succeeded by thomas jackson preceded by sir edmond slade commander in chief east indies station 1912 succeeded by sir richard peirse preceded by sir frederic fisher president royal naval college greenwich 1914 1915 succeeded by sir lewis bayly preceded by sir george warrender commander in chief plymouth 1916 1918 succeeded by sir cecil thursby v t e directors of naval intelligence w h hall 1887 1889 bridge 1889 1894 beaumont 1895 1899 custance 1899 1902 battenberg 1902 1905 ottley 1905 1907 slade 1907 1909 bethell 1909 1912 jackson 1912 1913 oliver 1913 1914 w r hall 1914 1919 sinclair 1919 1921 fitzmaurice 1921 1924 hotham 1924 1927 fisher 1926 1927 domvile 1927 1930 usborne 1930 1932 dickens 1932 1935 troup 1935 1939 godfrey 1939 1943 rushbrooke 1943 1946 parry 1946 1948 longley cook 1948 1951 buzzard 1951 1954 inglis 1954 1960 denning 1960 1964 graham 1964 1965 retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title alexander_bethell oldid 1351622157 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