Murray Fraser Sueter
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Rear-Admiral Murray Fraser Sueter CB |
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Murray Sueter in 1915
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| Born |
6 September 1872 Alverstoke, Gosport |
| Died | 3 February 1960 (aged 87) Watlington, Oxfordshire |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/ |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1886–1918 (officially retired 1920) |
| Rank | Rear-Admiral |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Relations | Sir Andrew Clarke (father-in-law) |
| Other work | Developed Empire air mail postal services Member of Parliament Author |
Rear-Admiral Sir Murray Fraser Sueter CB (6 September 1872, Alverstoke – 3 February 1960, Watlington, Oxfordshire) was a Royal Naval officer who was noted as a pioneer of naval aviation and later became a Member of Parliament (MP).
Coming from a naval background he entered the Royal Navy as a cadet on Britannia in 1886 before serving as a midshipman with HMS Swiftsure. In 1894 He was promoted to Lieutenant and in 1896 he was posted to HMS Vernon to become a specialist in torpedo warfare, afterwards serving on the staff. In 1899 he became Torpedo Officer on HMS Jupiter. In May 1902 Sueter moved to Reginald Bacon's submarine tender HMS Hazard, where he distinguished himself by aiding injured crew members of the submarine A.1 after an explosion aboard. Sueter's book, The Evolution of the Submarine Boat, Mine and Torpedo (1907), was the result of his close work with submarines during this time.
He married Andrew Clarke's daughter, Elinor Mary "Nell" de Winton, in 1903, a year before his promotion to commander (he was made a captain in 1909). Elinor Sueter died on 15 December 1948.
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