commanding officer of the battleship HMS Alexandra, flagship of the Admiral Superintendent of Naval Reserves, in September 1892. He was appointed aide-de-camp to the Queen on 1 January 1895. Senior command Promoted to rear admiral on 23 February 1897, Fanshawe became second in command of the Channel Squadron, with his flag in the battleship HMS Magnificent, in June 1899. He acted as umpire during the Naval Manoeuvres that took place in August 1900. Fanshawe was promoted to vice admiral on 25 January 1902. In early October that year it was announced that he would be appointed Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station, thus upgrading the commander of this station from rear-admiral to vice-admiral. He was received in audience by King Edward VII in early December, then left for Australia to take up the position early the following year, with his flag in the cruiser HMS Royal Arthur. In this capacity he was involved in concluding the naval agreement between the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Australia under which the Commonwealth Naval Forces evolved to become the Royal Australian Navy. For this he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 9 November 1904 in the King's Birthday Honours. Promoted to full admiral on 22 July 1905, Fanshawe became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in October 1906 and went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in March 1908. He was awarded the Japanese Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1908 and appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order on 31 July 1909. Promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 30 April 1910, he was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 19 June 1911. Fanshawe was not employed during the First World War and retired completely in April 1917. He lived at Donnington Hall near Ledbury in Herefordshire and died in London on 21 January 1936 aged 88. Family In January 1874 Fanshawe married Sarah Frances Fox; they had two daughters and two sons: Winifred Edith Fanshawe, who married in 1902 Rev. Edmund Hugh Rycroft, third son of Sir Nelson Rycroft, Bart. Renee L. Fanshawe Richard D. Fanshawe Captain Guy Dalrymple Fanshawe (1882–1962), a Royal Navy officer and Member of Parliament References Sources External links |- |- 1847 births 1936 deaths Admiral presidents of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich Royal Navy admirals of the fleet Military personnel from Portsmouth Knights