Frederick Grey Military person

Admiral The Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey GCB (23 August 1805 – 2 May 1878) was a Royal Navy officer. As a captain he saw action in the First Opium War and was deployed as principal agent of transports during the Crimean War. He became First Naval Lord in the Second Palmerston ministry in June 1861 and subsequently published a pamphlet Admiralty Administration, 1861–1866 describing his reforms which included, inter alia, the notion that all senior naval promotions and appointments should be non-political and should be discussed and agreed by the Naval Members of the Admiralty Board on a collective basis before recommendations were made to the First Lord of the Admiralty.

Personal facts

Birth dateAugust 23, 1805
Date of deathMay 02, 1878

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allegianceUnited Kingdom
award
Order of the Bath
military operations
Crimean War
First Opium War
military branch
Royal Navy
military command
Cape of Good Hope Station
HMS Hannibal
HMS Endymion
HMS Actaeon
HMS Jupiter
service start1819
service end1866

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  1. http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=553