Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton

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Rear-Admiral Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton, 1942.
Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Admiral SIR Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton, K.C.B., R.N. (27 March, 1890 – 26 December, 1974) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served in both World Wars.

Life & Career

His service record indicates that he was born in London, but other sources indicate Bargany, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Dalrymple-Hamilton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 August, 1911.[1]

Dalrymple-Hamilton commanded six different destroyers in eight separate wartime appointments. His service record is difficult to read, but he appears to have collided with a trawler when in command of Druid and in May 1918 he was blamed for damaging the propellers of H.M.S. Murray. At the very end of the war, he was admitted to Queensferry Hospital for influenza.

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 August, 1919. He was admitted to hospital in January 1921 for some defect ("deflected nasal [illeg]"?) which required an operation to set right. Following this, he was placed on three months half pay to convalesce.

Dalrymple-Hamilton was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1924.

Commander Dalrymple-Hamilton was appointed to the flotilla leader Keppel on 10 February, 1925 and remained with her as she neared completion at Portsmouth, but it is not clear whether he commissioned her.[2]

Dalrymple-Hamilton was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1931.

In 1936, he asked for relief to "attend to most urgent private affairs."

Dalrymple-Hamilton served as captain of the battleship Rodney from November 1939 until he was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 8 July, 1941. This placed him in her when she participated in the sinking of the battleship Bismarck.

Dalrymple-Hamilton was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 15 June, 1944.

He was promoted to the rank of Admiral with seniority of 4 January, 1948 and retired from the naval service on 4 October, 1950.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Henry A. Binmore
Captain of H.M.S. Garry
2 Jan, 1917[3] – 26 Jan, 1917[4]
Succeeded by
Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton
Preceded by
Douglas G. Jeffrey
Captain of H.M.S. Thorn
29 Jan, 1917[5] – 14 Feb, 1917[6]
Succeeded by
Claude Hamilton
Preceded by
John H. Jauncey
Captain of H.M.S. Lark
19 Feb, 1917[7] – 28 Feb, 1917[8]
Succeeded by
Charles M. Blackman
Preceded by
Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton
Captain of H.M.S. Garry
3 Mar, 1917[9] – 22 Jun, 1917[10]
Succeeded by
Edward F. B. Law
Preceded by
Thomas C. C. Bolster
Captain of H.M.S. Druid
22 Jun, 1917[11] – 1 Mar, 1918
Succeeded by
Norman B. F. Peploe
Preceded by
Evelyn H. B. L. Scrivener
Captain of H.M.S. Murray
1 Mar, 1918[12] – 19 Apr, 1918
Succeeded by
Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton
Preceded by
Spencer F. Russell
Captain of H.M.S. Munster
19 Apr, 1918 – 3 May, 1918
Succeeded by
Henry R. James
Preceded by
Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton
Captain of H.M.S. Murray
3 May, 1918 – 3 Feb, 1919
Succeeded by
Henry M. Coombs
Preceded by
Henry M. Coombs
Captain of H.M.S. Sturgeon
3 Feb, 1919[13] – 11 Jan, 1921[14]
Succeeded by
Henry C. Rawlings
Preceded by
Alexander L. Fletcher
Captain of H.M.S. Violent
7 Aug, 1922[15][16] – 15 Dec, 1922[17]
Succeeded by
Norman A. G. Ohlenschlager
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Keppel
Feb, 1925[18] – May, 1925[19]
Succeeded by
Charles G. Ramsey
Preceded by
Charles G. Ramsey
Captain of H.M.S. Spenser
May, 1925[20]
Succeeded by
Cyril St. C. Cameron
Preceded by
William J. Whitworth
Captain of H.M.S. Malcolm
1 Feb, 1932[21] – 6 Jul, 1932[22]
Succeeded by
George H. Creswell
Preceded by
Gerald C. Harrison
Captain of H.M.S. Keith
18 Oct, 1933[23] – 15 Mar, 1936[24]
Succeeded by
Denis W. Boyd
Preceded by
Gerald C. Harrison
Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla
18 Oct, 1933[25] – 18 Mar, 1936[26]
Succeeded by
Denis W. Boyd
Preceded by
Reginald V. Holt
Captain of Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
29 Dec, 1936[27] – Nov, 1939[28]
Succeeded by
Robert L. B. Cunliffe
Preceded by
Edward N. Syfret
Captain of H.M.S. Rodney
21 Nov, 1939 – Jul, 1941
Succeeded by
James W. Rivett-Carnac
Preceded by
Arthur M. Peters
Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty
? – 1944
Succeeded by
Cecil H. J. Harcourt
Preceded by
Robert L. Burnett
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Tenth Cruiser Squadron
3 Mar, 1944 – 8 Apr, 1945[29]
Succeeded by
Angus E. M. B. Cunninghame Graham
Preceded by
Louis H. K. Hamilton
Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard
Apr, 1945[30] – 1 May, 1946
Succeeded by
Marcel H. A. Kelsey
Preceded by
Sir William J. Whitworth
as Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth
Flag Officer Commanding Scotland and Northern Ireland
Jul, 1946 – Jul, 1948[31]
Succeeded by
Sir Ernest R. Archer

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 20.
  2. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 249.
  3. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  4. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  5. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  6. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  7. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  8. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  9. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  10. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  11. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393f.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 849.
  13. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 868.
  14. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  15. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  16. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, July 14, 1922, Issue 43083, p.4.
  17. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  18. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  19. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  20. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  21. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  22. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  23. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 248.
  24. Dalrymple-Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/243. f. 601.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 248.
  26. Boyd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/8. f. 8.
  27. Holt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/179. f. 240.
  28. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  29. Cunninghame Graham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/46. f. 46.
  30. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  31. Superseded then. Archer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/141. f. 140.