Frederick Grey
| Sir Frederick Grey | |
|---|---|
| Born |
23 August 1805 Howick, Northumberland |
| Died | 2 May 1878 (aged 72) Sunningdale, Berkshire |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
|
| Years of service | 1819–1866 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Actaeon HMS Jupiter HMS Endymion HMS Hannibal Cape of Good Hope Station |
| Battles/wars |
First Opium War Crimean War |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
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.
Born the son of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (a former Prime Minister), and Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby (daughter of William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby), Grey joined the Royal Navy in January 1819. He initially joined the fifth-rate HMS Naiad in the Mediterranean Fleet as a midshipman and saw action against pirates off Cap Bon in Tunisia in 1824. Promoted to lieutenant on 7 April 1825, he transferred to the fifth-rate HMS Sybille in the Mediterranean Fleet that month and then to the sixth-rate HMS Volage on the South America Station in September 1825. Promoted to commander on 17 April 1827, he was posted to the sloop HMS Heron on the South America Station that same month.
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