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Sir Alan Geoffrey Hotham, (3 October 1876 – 10 July 1965) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He also played first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1901.

Naval career

Born the son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Hotham, Hotham was born in Edinburgh,

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on 3 October 1876 and played first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1901. By then a Lieutenant, he was in September 1902 posted as a gunnery officer to the protected cruiser HMS ''Isis'', based at

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. He served during the First World War, commanding the C-class light cruiser at the

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. He was appointed Director of Trade at the

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in 1917 and Commodore Commanding the

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in 1921Senior Royal Navy Appointments
before serving as Director of Naval Intelligence at the Admiralty from 1924 to 1927. He retired from the navy in 1929 and became a member of

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. Hotham was

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between 1934 and 1959. In this capacity he was present at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. He died in Victoria, London on 10 July 1965 at the age of 88.

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