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Vincent Wilberforce Baddeley
Sir Vincent Wilberforce Baddeley (24 September 1874 − 25 July 1961) was a British civil servant who spent almost all his career at the Admiralty. Baddeley was the son of the Reverend J. J. Baddeley (died 1924), rector of Chelsfield, Kent.Biography, ''Who's Who'' He won scholarships to Marlborough College and Pembroke College, Oxford, joined the War Office as a clerk (class I) in December 1897 and transferred to the Admiralty Secretariat as a higher division clerk in May 1899.Obituary, ''The Times'', 26 July 1961, p.14 From November 1901 to 1911, he served as private secretary (assistant private secretary until 1902, and thereafter principal private secretary) to four successive First Lords of the Admiralty: Lord Selborne, Lord Cawdor (at whose funeral on 11 February 1911 he was a pallbearer), Lord Tweedmouth and Reginald McKenna. In 1904, he accompanied the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir John Fisher, on a visit to naval educational establishments in the United States. In 1910, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Vincent Wilberforce Baddeley
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "Monsieur", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men titled as knights, often as members of orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms or Miss. Etymo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
