Commodore Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt (10 May 1870 - 30 May 1951) Son of late Rev. Richard St John Tyrwhitt Married (1903) Angela, daughter of late Matthew Corbally, JP, Rathbeale Hall, Swords one son, two daughters .......... He was one of the better British Commanders during the First World War. Service biography Entered RN - 15.07.1883 Lt, HMS Cleopatra, Nicuragua - 1894 Cdre in command of Destroyer Flotillas, 1 Fleet - 1913 World War I 1914-1918 Commanded Destroyer Flotillas at Heligoland Bight, Aug and Dec 1914 Dogger Bank - 1915 Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar - 1919 commanded 3 Light Cruiser Sqn, Mediterranean - 1921-1922 Commanding Officer, Coast of Scotland - 1923-1925 Commander-in-Chief, China Station - 1927-1929 Commander-in-Chief, The Nore - 1930-1933 First and Principal Naval ADC to the King - 10.10.1932 - 31.07.1934 Admiral of the Fleet - 1934 Retired - 1939 No active postings known, but borne on the Active List of the Royal Navy - 1940 - 1945 Tyrwhitt joined the RN as a cadet in 1883 - followed six months later by the better known David Beatty. In August 1912 he was appointed Captain (D) of the Second Flotilla of Torpedo Boat Destroyers, and then on 1 December 1913 he was promoted Commodore (Second Class), and put in command of all the destroyer flotillas of the Home Fleet - flying his flag in the light cruiser HMS Amethyst. Tyrwhitt's war station was Harwich, and the force under his command was soon known as the Harwich Force - from whence his fame. His leadership was highly regarded, and he led his ships at the Battle of Heligoland Bight and in the Cuxhaven Raid in 1914, and in the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915. During the Battle of Jutland in 1916 the Admiralty held back Tyrwhitt's forces From 1927 to 1929, Tyrwhitt was Commander-in-Chief of British naval forces in China during a period of disturbances and tension with the Nationalist Government. From 1930 to 1933, he served as commander in chief at the Nore. Tyrwhitt was created K.C.B. in 1917, and in 1919 received a baronetcy, Baronet, of Terschelling and of Oxford - a grant of £10,000 and the thanks of Parliament - and in 1934 he was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet. Decorations ..... Officer of Military Order of Savoy, 1917; Order of the Sacred Treasure 1st Class (Japanese); Commander, Legion of Honour (France, 15.09.1916); Croix de Guerre; Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st class (Japan) Hon. DCL Oxon, 1919 Mount Tyrwhitt (9,430 ft) in the Canadian Rocky Mountains was named after the admiral in 1918. It is situated at latitude 50 34 55 north in the province of Alberta near the headwaters of the Bow River and the Kootenay River. http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/1051830
