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Royal Navy Admiral (1805–1878)

For those of a similar name, seeFrederick Gray (disambiguation).

Admiral The Honourable Sir Frederick Grey GCB
Born	(1805-08-23)23 August 1805 Howick, Northumberland
Died	2 May 1878(1878-05-02) (aged 72) Sunningdale, Berkshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Service years	1819–1866
Rank	Admiral
Commands	HMSActaeon HMSJupiter HMSEndymion HMSHannibal Cape of Good Hope Station
Conflicts	First Opium War Crimean War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

AdmiralSir Frederick William GreyGCB (23 August 1805 – 2 May 1878) was aRoyal Navy officer. As acaptain he saw action in theFirst Opium War and was deployed as principal agent of transports during theCrimean War. He becameFirst Naval Lord in theSecond Palmerston ministry in June 1861 and subsequently published a pamphletAdmiralty Administration, 1861–1866 describing his reforms which included, inter alia, the notion that all senior naval promotions and appointments should be non-political and should be discussed and agreed by the Naval Members of theAdmiralty Board on a collective basis before recommendations were made to theFirst Lord of the Admiralty.

Early career

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The fifth-rateHMSEndymion which Grey commanded during theFirst Opium War

Born the son ofCharles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (who served as prime minister in the 1830s), andMary Elizabeth Ponsonby (daughter ofWilliam Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby), Grey joined theRoyal Navy in January 1819.^[1] He initially joined thefifth-rate HMSNaiad in theMediterranean Fleet as amidshipman and saw action against pirates offCap Bon inTunisia in 1824.^[2] Promoted to lieutenant on 7 April 1825, he transferred to the fifth-rateHMSSybille in the Mediterranean Fleet that month and then to thesixth-rate HMSVolage on theSouth America Station in September 1825.^[3] Promoted tocommander on 17 April 1827, he was posted to thesloop HMSHeron on the South America Station that same month.^[3]

Promoted tocaptain on 19 April 1828, Grey was given command successively of the sixth-rateHMSActaeon in the Mediterranean Fleet in November 1830, of the fourth-rateHMSJupiter on theEast Indies and China Station in August 1835 and then of the fifth-rateHMSEndymion also on the East Indies and China Station in October 1840.^[3] In HMS Endymion he saw action in theFirst Opium War and was appointed aCompanion of the Order of the Bath on 24 December 1842.^[4]

Grey took command of the second-rateHMSHannibal in March 1854 and conveyed 10,000 French troops toÅland offFinland before proceeding to theBosphorus where he was deployed as principal agent of transports during theCrimean War.^[3]

Senior command

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The second-rateHMSHannibal which Grey commanded during theCrimean War

Promoted torear-admiral on 22 January 1855,^[5] and having been advanced toKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 2 January 1857,^[6] Grey becameCommander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope & West Coast of Africa Station, hoisting his flag in the third-rateHMSBoscawen, in April 1857.^[3]

Promoted tovice-admiral on 5 August 1861,^[7] Grey becameFirst Naval Lord in theSecond Palmerston ministry in June 1861.^[3] In this role he did not seek a seat as a Member of Parliament and instead sought to make the role professional rather than political.^[1] He published a pamphletAdmiralty Administration, 1861–1866 describing his reforms which included, inter alia, the notion that all senior naval promotions and appointments should be non-political and should be discussed and agreed by the Naval Members of theAdmiralty Board on a collective basis before recommendations were made to theFirst Lord of the Admiralty.^[8] Having been promoted to fulladmiral on 24 April 1865^[9] and advanced toKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 28 March 1865,^[10] he resigned his post when thesecond Russell ministry fell from power in July 1866.^[3]

Grey lived at Lynwood House inSunningdale inBerkshire and died there on 2 May 1878.^[1]

Family

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Barbarina Charlotte (née Sullivan), Lady Grey, 1861, byCamille Silvy

He married, in 1846,Barbarina Charlotte Sullivan, daughter of Rev. Frederick Sullivan andArabella Wilmont, and sister of AdmiralSir Francis Sullivan, 6th Baronet. They had no issue.^[1] Lady Grey died at her residence Fairmile House,Cobham, on 23 March 1902.^[11]

References

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^^a ^b ^c ^dLambert, Andrew (2004). "Grey, Sir Frederick William (1805–1878)".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50204. Retrieved31 December 2012. (Subscription,Wikipedia Library access orUK public library membership required.)
^"No. 18054".The London Gazette. 17 August 1824. p. 1354.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g"William Loney RN". Retrieved31 December 2012.
^"No. 20181".The London Gazette. 27 December 1842. p. 3864.
^"No. 21654".The London Gazette. 26 January 1855. p. 308.
^"No. 21955".The London Gazette. 2 January 1857. p. 12.
^"No. 22537".The London Gazette. 9 August 1861. p. 3317.
^"Navy — Constitution of the Board of Admiralty — Resolution. vol 208 cc1019-61".Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 7 August 1871. Retrieved31 December 2012.
^"No. 22964".The London Gazette. 2 May 1865. p. 2314.
^"No. 22952".The London Gazette. 28 March 1865. p. 1730.
^"Obituary".The Times. No. 36725. London. 26 March 1902. p. 10.

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