Herbert Meade

Admiral Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh as a Captain, 1921.
Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Admiral THE HONOURABLE Sir Herbert Meade-Fetherstonhaugh, G.C.V.O., C.B., D.S.O., (3 November, 1875 – 27 October, 1964) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born Herbert Meade, the son of Admiral The Earl of Clanwilliam, he changed his name on 1 November, 1932.

Meade was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1897.

Meade was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1908.

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1914.

Meade was appointed in command of Goshawk on 19 May 1912 and commanded her in the Battle of Heligoland Bight, and was commended for his "coolness and verve" and for helping sink the German destroyer Template:DE-V187.

He commanded the light cruiser Royalist at the Battle of Jutland, supporting the Grand Fleet as part of the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron.

In June 1917, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Ceres.

In August 1921, he took command of the battlecruiser Renown. He left the ship as it began an extensive period of refit from 1923 to 1926.

Meade was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 25 November, 1925.

Meade was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 8 May, 1930.

Meade-Fetherstonhaugh was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 31 July, 1934.

See Also

• Service Records
• Fourth L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Leonard A. B. Donaldson	Captain of H.M.S. Teazer 11 Feb, 1902 – 1902	Succeeded by Murray F. Sueter
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. Syren 1902 – 12 Nov, 1902	Succeeded by Henry C. R. Brocklebank
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Goshawk 19 May, 1912 – 6 Oct, 1914	Succeeded by Dashwood F. Moir
Preceded by Cecil H. Fox	Captain of H.M.S. Faulknor 6 Oct, 1914 – 24 Nov, 1914	Succeeded by Anselan Stirling
Preceded by Alan F. W. Howard	Captain of H.M.S. Meteor 24 Nov, 1914 – 23 Jan, 1915	Succeeded by Arthur B. S. Dutton
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Royalist 23 Jan, 1915 – c. Jun, 1917	Succeeded by The Hon. Matthew R. Best
Preceded by ?	Captain (D), Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla 8 Dec, 1915 – 19 Apr, 1916	Succeeded by Rowland H. Bather
Preceded by George N. Tomlin	Captain of H.M.S. Ceres 13 Jun, 1917 – Apr, 1918	Succeeded by Henry G. E. Lane
Preceded by Henry T. Buller	Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord Apr, 1918 – Apr, 1919	Succeeded by Alexander Lowndes as Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel
Preceded by Ernest A. Taylor	Captain of H.M.S. Renown 4 Aug, 1921 – 16 Oct, 1922	Succeeded by The Hon. E. Rupert Drummond
Preceded by Francis A. Marten	Captain of Royal Naval College, Dartmouth 2 Jan, 1923 – 2 Jan, 1926	Succeeded by Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith
Preceded by Henry T. Buller	Captain of H.M.Y. Victoria and Albert 1 Apr, 1931	Succeeded by Sir Dudley B. N. North
Preceded by Sir Henry T. Buller as Admiral Commanding, H.M. Yachts	Vice-Admiral Commanding, H.M. Yachts 1 Apr, 1931 – 15 Dec, 1934	Succeeded by Dudley B. N. North