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|name=Sir Herbert Fitzherbert<br />
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|birth_date= {{birth date|df=yes|1885|8|10}} <br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1958|10|30|1885|8|10}} <br />
|birth_place=[[Kingswear]], [[Totnes]], [[Devon]]<br />
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|serviceyears=1900–1943<br />
|rank=[[Admiral]]<br />
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|commands=[[HMS Coventry (D43)|HMS ''Coventry'']] (1926) <br/> [[HMS Victory|HMS ''Victory'']] (1932) <br/> [[HMS Devonshire (39)|HMS ''Devonshire'']] (1934) <br/> Flag Officer Commanding, [[Royal Indian Navy]] (1937) <br/> Flag Officer-in-Charge, Tunisia (1943)<br />
|battles= [[First World War]]<br/>[[Second World War]]<br />
|awards=[[Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] (1941) <br/>[[Companion of the Order of the Bath|CB]] (1937) <br/>[[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] (1919) <br />
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[[Admiral]] '''Sir Herbert Fitzherbert''', [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]], [[Order of the Bath|CB]], [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] (10 August 1885 – 30 October 1958) was a [[Royal Navy]] [[admiral]] who served as the third Flag Officer Commanding, [[Royal Indian Navy]], from 1937 to 1943.<br />
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==Life and career==<br />
Fitzherbert was born at [[Kingswear]], [[Totnes]], [[Devon]], the son of Samuel Wyndham Fitzherbert. He joined the [[Royal Navy]] in 1900 and was educated aboard the cadet training ship [[HMS Prince of Wales (1860)|HMS ''Britannia'']].<ref name="unithistories1">{{cite web|url=https://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html|title=Herbert Fitzherbert|publisher=Unit Histories |accessdate=19 June 2020}}</ref> He was commissioned as an acting Sub-Lieutenant in 1905, and was confirmed as a [[Sub-Lieutenant]] the following year. He was promoted to [[Lieutenant]] in 1907. During the [[First World War]], he served as a [[Flag Lieutenant]] to [[Admiral of the Fleet]] Sir [[John Jellicoe]] (later the [[Earl Jellicoe]]) at the [[Battle of Jutland]], for which he was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]] in 1919.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31461/supplements/9107 |title=Viewing Page 9107 of Issue 31461 |work=The London Gazette|date=1919-07-15 |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref> He was also awarded the [[Legion d'Honneur]] and the Russian [[Order of St. Anna|Order of St. Anne]] for his service during the battle. Fitzherbert was promoted to [[Commander]] in 1917 and to [[Captain (naval)|Captain]] in 1924.<br />
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From 1926 to 1928, he commanded the [[cruiser]] [[HMS Coventry (D43)|HMS ''Coventry'']], also serving as the Chief Staff Officer to the Rear-Admiral (Destroyers) Commanding [[Destroyer]] Flotillas of the [[Mediterranean Fleet]]. He then served as the Naval Assistant to the [[First Sea Lord]], Sir [[Frederick Field (Royal Navy officer)|Frederick Field]], from 1929 to 1930. From 1931 to 1932, he took the Imperial Defense Course at the [[Imperial Defence College]], and was then appointed as Commanding Officer of the Signal School at [[Portsmouth]] aboard [[HMS Victory|HMS ''Victory'']], holding the position until 1934.<ref name="unithistories1"/> He then commanded the cruiser [[HMS Devonshire (39)|HMS ''Devonshire'']] in the [[Mediterranean]] until 1936, when he received a promotion to [[Rear-Admiral]]. Fitzherbert was appointed a [[Order of the Bath|CB]] in the [[1937 Coronation Honours]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34396/supplements/3078 |title=Viewing Page 3078 of Issue 34396 |work=The London Gazette|date=1937-05-11 |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref> and after attending the Senior Officers' War Course at Greenwich, was appointed Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy in November of that year.<ref name="unithistories1"/><br />
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He was promoted to [[Vice-Admiral]] in 1939, was [[knighted]] with the [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] in 1941<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35204/supplements/3736 |title=Viewing Page 3736 of Issue 35204 |work=The London Gazette|date=1941-06-27 |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref> and retired in 1943. He was subsequently appointed as the Flag Officer in Charge, Tunisia and served there until 1944. In 1946, he was promoted to [[Admiral]] on the retired list and died in 1958, aged 73.<ref name="unithistories1"/><br />
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He married Rachel Hanbury, and the couple had one son.<ref name="unithistories1"/><br />
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[[Category:Royal Navy admirals]]<br />
[[Category:Royal Indian Navy admirals]]<br />
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[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]]<br />
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[[Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George]]<br />
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