Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge

Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge
The Lord FitzHardinge
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Admiral Lord FitzHardinge
Born 3 January 1788
Died 17 October 1867 (aged 79)
Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy
Years of service 1802 - 1857
Rank Admiral
Commands held HMS Semiramis
HMS Hercules
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Other work Member of Parliament
Privy Council

Admiral Sir Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge, GCB PC, DL (3 January 1788 – 17 October 1867) was a British Royal Navy First Sea Lord and former First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria.

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Royal Navy career

Berkeley was born illegitimately on 3 January 1788 to Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley (1745–1867) and Mary Cole (1766–1844).[1] He entered the Royal Navy in 1802.[1] During the Peninsular War, he operated with gunboats on the Tagus reinforcing the Lines of Torres Vedras.[2]

Between 1828 and 1841, Berkeley commanded in succession HMS Semiramis and HMS Hercules.[3] In the Oriental Crisis of 1840 he was involved with HMS Thunderer on the attack of Acre. For this he was awarded a Companion of the Order of the Bath and received the Naval Gold Medal.[2]

He held the office of Fourth Naval Lord between 1833 and 1835[3] and once again between 1837 and 1839.[3] He held the office of Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria between 1846 and 1849[3] whilst also being the Third Naval Lord between 1846 and 1847 and then Second Naval Lord between 1847 and 1852 during which time he was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral.[3] He was appointed First Naval Lord briefly in Spring 1852, then Second Naval Lord in 1853 and First Naval Lord again from 1854 to 1857.[1]

He also held the honorary positions of Vice-Admiral of the Red from 1856, Admiral of the Blue from 1862 and Admiral of the White from 1863.

Honours

Throughout his later life he rose in the ranks within the Order of the Bath as a Knight Commander (KCB) in 1855 and finally as a Knight Grand Cross (GCB) in 1861. On 26 February 1861 after inheriting his brother's estates, he unsuccessfully claimed the Barony of Berkeley as being one by tenure of Berkeley Castle. He was created Baron FitzHardinge, of Bristol, of the city and county of the city of Bristol [U.K.] on 5 August 1861.

Political office

He was elected several times as a Member of Parliament for Gloucester, but in three separate periods. His first spell in the House of Commons was for just one year as a Whig, between 1831 and 1832.[1] His second was as a Liberal Member, between 1835 and 1837.[1]

In 1841, he returned to parliament again as a Liberal Member for Gloucester, remaining through two more general elections until 1857.[1] He represented Sussex as a Deputy Lieutenant.[2] In 1855, he was appointed as a Privy Councillor in 1855. He died in 1867 at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, aged 79.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Lambert, Andrew (2004). "Berkeley, Sir Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge, first Baron Fitzhardinge (1788–1867)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2219. Retrieved 2007-09-21. 
  2. ^ a b c Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co.. pp. 115–116. 
  3. ^ a b c d e William Loney RN

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Philpotts
Edward Webb
Member of Parliament for Gloucester
1831 – 1833
With: Edward Webb 1831–1832
John Philpotts 1832–1833
Succeeded by
John Philpotts
Henry Thomas Hope
Preceded by
John Philpotts
Henry Thomas Hope
Member of Parliament for Gloucester
18351837
With: Henry Thomas Hope
Succeeded by
John Philpotts
Henry Thomas Hope
Preceded by
John Philpotts
Henry Thomas Hope
Member of Parliament for Gloucester
18411857
With: John Philpotts 1841–1847
Henry Thomas Hope 1847–1852
William Philip Price 1852–1857
Succeeded by
Sir Robert Carden
William Philip Price
Military offices
Preceded by
George Barrington
Fourth Naval Lord
1833–1835
Succeeded by
Sir Edward Troubridge
Preceded by
Sir Edward Troubridge
Fourth Naval Lord
1837–1839
Succeeded by
Sir Samuel Pechell
Preceded by
Sir William Bowles
Third Naval Lord
1846–1847
Succeeded by
Lord John Hay
Preceded by
Sir Henry Prescott
Second Naval Lord
December 1847—February 1852
Succeeded by
Sir Houston Stewart
Preceded by
Sir James Dundas
First Naval Lord
February 1852 – March 1852
Succeeded by
Hyde Parker
Preceded by
Sir Phipps Hornby
Second Naval Lord
January 1853— June 1854
Succeeded by
Sir Richard Dundas
Preceded by
Hyde Parker
First Naval Lord
June 1854 – November 1857
Succeeded by
Sir Richard Dundas
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron FitzHardinge
1861 – 1867
Succeeded by
Francis Berkeley



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