Commodore commanding the British Aegean Squadron. He became a rear-admiral on 26 November 1920, and was Director of Naval Intelligence between 1921 and 1924, after which he became commander in chief on the Africa Station on 12 December 1924. He became a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1922 and a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1925. Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice reached the rank of vice-admiral in 1926 and died on 23 January 1927, aged 56. He was at the time Commander-in-Chief, Africa. Family and personal life Fitzmaurice was a keen musician, and a Director of the Royal Academy of Music, a member of the Royal College of Organists, and a Fellow of the Royal Philharmonic Society. He played the organ, and enjoyed the works of J. S. Bach. Fitzmaurice married Mabel Gertrude Gray, the daughter of Samuel Gray, a pastoralist and politician in New South Wales, on 13 October 1896. The couple had two children: Gerald Gray Fitzmaurice (born 24 October 1901; rose to be a distinguished judge) and Maurice James Fitzmaurice (born 1 January 1903; joined the Royal Air Force; attained the rank of Pilot Officer but died in a flying accident on 14 July 1923). References Sources External links |- 1870 births 1927 deaths Royal Navy vice admirals Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Companions of the Order of the Bath Officiers of the Légion d'honneur Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class Recipients of the War Cross (Greece) Royal Navy officers of World War I People associated with the Royal Academy of Music Directors of Naval Intelligence People educated at Stubbington House School