Sir Henry Kitson
Birth nameHenry Karslake Kitson
Born22 June 1877
Highweek, Devon
Died19 February 1952 (aged 74)
Farnham, Surrey
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1891–1933
1940–1942
RankAdmiral
Commands held3rd Battle Squadron
Portsmouth Dockyard
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Vice Admiral Sir Henry Karslake Kitson KBE, CB (22 June 1877 – 19 February 1952) was a Royal Navy officer who commanded the 3rd Battle Squadron.

Naval career

Kitson joined the Royal Navy in 1891[1] and served in World War I. He was made Commander of 3rd Battle Squadron in 1929[2] and then Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard in 1931 before retiring as a vice-admiral in 1933.[1][3] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1929 Birthday Honours[4] and a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1935 Birthday Honours.[5]

He also served in World War II as Flag Officer, Coast of Cornwall from 1940 until 1942.[1]

Personal life

In 1926, he married Marjorie de Pass, daughter of Sir Eliot Arthur de Pass. His brother-in-law Frank de Pass was the first Jewish recipient of the Victoria Cross.[6]

They had two sons, including Sir Frank Kitson.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Henry Kitson". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  3. ^ "No. 33900". The London Gazette. 6 January 1933. p. 127.
  4. ^ "No. 33501". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1929. p. 3667.
  5. ^ "No. 15180". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 June 1935. p. 490.
  6. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2208. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
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