Sir Hugo Pearson | |
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Born | 30 June 1843[1] Barwell, Leicestershire, England |
Died | 12 June 1912 Goodrich, Herefordshire, England | (aged 68)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1855–1908 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held | HMS St Vincent HMY Osborne HMS Colossus HMS Excellent HMS Collingwood HMS Barfleur Australia Station Nore Command |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir Hugo Lewis Pearson, KCB (30 June 1843 – 12 June 1912) was a Royal Navy officer who served as both Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.
A member of a notable Staffordshire family with a long tradition of service in India and the British Armed Forces, Pearson was the grandson of John Pearson (1771-1841), who was a barrister and senior East India Company official who served as Advocate-General of Bengal from 1824 to 1840.[9] His father General Thomas Hooke Pearson CB (1806-1892) served as an ADC to the Earl Amherst, then Governor-General of India.[9]
In 1874 he married Emily Frances Mary Key (1848-1930) who was the second daughter of General George William Key.[10] The couple had two sons and a daughter that survived into adulthood (two other children died in infancy).[11] Their eldest son, Lieutenant Reginald William Pearson, was killed in 1900 in the Siege of Ladysmith during the Boer War[12] and his parents erected a memorial window in Goodrich Church in his honour which can still be seen today.[13] His younger son was Vice-Admiral John Lewis Pearson CMG (1879-1965).[14]
Hugo Pearson died on 12 June 1912, aged 69. He left estate of the gross value of £51,971, with net personalty of £43,888.[3] His surviving son John inherited Rocklands House.[15]
Of note, Hugo Pearson's grandson (John Pearson's son) was General Sir Thomas Cecil Hook Pearson, KCB, CBE, DSO & Bar (1 July 1914 – 15 December 2019), a senior officer of the British Army who served as Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe, thus making him the fourth generation of the Pearson family to achieve Flag or General rank.[16]
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