Admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, ...

Richard Morden Harbord-Hamond, 10th Baron Suffield (24 August 1865 – 2 February 1951) was a British

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officer and peer.

Biography

Richard Morden Harbord was born in Hanworth, Norfolk, the fourth son of Reverend the Hon. John Harbord, fifth son of Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield. In 1917 he assumed by Royal Licence the additional surname of Hamond (that of his maternal grandfather, Anthony Hamond). He entered HMS ''Britannia'' in 1879 and saw action during the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 as a midshipman on HMS ''Superb'' during the bombardment of Alexandria. During the First World War, he commanded the battleships HMS ''Mars'' from 1914 to 1915 and HMS ''Zealandia'' from 1915 to 1916. He was Commodore-in-Charge, Portland from 1916 to 1917. He was promoted to rear-admiral on 19 September 1917 and was retired the next day. He was promoted to vice-admiral in 1922 on the retired list and admiral in 1927 on the retired list. He inherited the family titles from his first cousin Geoffrey Walter Harbord, 9th Baron Suffield in 1946. He was succeeded in the barony and baronetcy by his son

Anthony Harbord-Hamond, 11th Baron Suffield Anthony Philip Harbord-Hamond, 11th Baron Suffield, Military Cross, MC (19 June 1922 – 8 December 2011), was a British Hereditary peer, peer, soldier and politician of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. Life and career Tony Ha ...

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