Adolphus FitzGeorge
| Sir Adolphus FitzGeorge | |
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| Born |
30 January 1846 Buckingham Palace, London, England |
| Died | 17 December 1922 (aged 76) Walthamstow, London, England |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1859–1893 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Jumna HMS Salamis HMS Dasher HMS Rapid |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
| Spouse(s) |
Sophia Jane Holden (m. 1875; d. 1920) Marguerite Watson (m. 1920) |
| Relations |
Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (father) Sarah Fairbrother (mother) |
Rear Admiral Sir Adolphus Augustus Frederick FitzGeorge KCVO (30 January 1846 – 17 December 1922) was a senior officer of the Royal Navy.
Adolphus FitzGeorge was born 30 January 1846, the second son of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge and the actress Sarah Fairbrother. His parents subsequently went through a form of marriage in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772, when his mother was pregnant with his youngest brother. Neither he nor his brothers held royal titles, and were ineligible to succeed to the Dukedom of Cambridge.
Sir Adolphus entered the Royal Navy in March 1859. He became sub-lieutenant in 1865, and a lieutenant in the following year. In June 1867, he joined the Galatea, screw frigate, commanded by Captain the Duke of Edinburgh, and in March 1872, was appointed Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Sir Rodney Mundy, Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. On 30 November 1872, he was promoted to commander. Following a period at the Royal Naval College, he became Inspecting Officer of Coastguard at Scarborough in February 1874, and in September of the next year, was given command of the sloop Rapid in the Mediterranean. Other commands he held were those of the Dasher, paddle gun-vessel, stationed off the Channel Islands; and the Salamis, dispatch vessel, in the Channel Squadron, from the latter of which he was promoted captain on 14 October 1881. In March 1885, he became captain of the troopship Jumna, in the transport service to India, and his two years or more in this command marked the limit of his active naval employment. He retired on 1 January 1893, and was advanced to rear admiral on the retired list on 20 October 1896. On leaving the Navy he received the appointment of Deputy Ranger of Richmond Park. For many years he acted as equerry to his father, and in 1904, the year in which the Duke died, he was gazetted a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.
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