Admiral Sir Lewis Clinton-Baker (16 March 1866 – 12 December 1939) was a

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officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.

History

Clinton-Baker joined the

in 1879Visitation of England and Wales
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Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandri ...

in 1882 and went to command HMS ''Gibraltar'' during the

Second Boer War The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the South ...

. He was promoted to Commander on 1 January 1901 and commanded HMS ''Berwick'' from 1908. He served in

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

as Captain of HMS ''Hercules'', which he commanded at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, and then as Captain of HMS ''Benbow'' from later that year; he then took responsibility for laying a mine barrage across the

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from a base at Grangemouth. He became Second-in-Command of the Second Battle Squadron in 1919, Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard in 1920 and Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1921. In 1925 he was made Admiral commanding the Reserves and in 1927 he retired. He lived at

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in Hertfordshire.

Family

In 1920 he married Rosa Agnes Henderson.Clarence 22
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clinton-Baker, Lewis 1866 births 1939 deaths Royal Navy admirals Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Royal Navy personnel of the Anglo-Egyptian War Royal Navy personnel of the Second Boer War Royal Navy personnel of World War I