Arthur Christian
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|birth_date= {{birth date|1863|08|31|df=yes}}
|birth_place= Lowndes Square, London
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= Royal Navy
|serviceyears= 1876–1919
|rank= Admiral
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{{HMS|Temeraire|1907|6}} (1910–11)
Royal Naval College, Osborne (1908–10)
{{HMS|Duke of Edinburgh}} (1906–08)
{{HMS|Highflyer|1898|6}} (1902–03)
|battles= First World War
|awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath
Member of the Royal Victorian Order
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Admiral Arthur Henry Christian, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CB|MVO}} (31 August 1863 – 20 August 1926) was a senior Royal Navy officer.
Early life
Born on 31 August 1863 at 13 Lowndes Square, London, Christian was the fourth son of George Christian and his wife Sarah Mary Christian (née Bainbrigge).{{cite web|title=CHRISTIAN, Admiral Arthur Henry|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U194671|work=Who Was Who|publisher=A & C Black|accessdate=25 October 2012|date=December 2007}}{{cite web|last=Lundy|first=Darryl|title=Admiral Arthur Henry Christian|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p11276.htm#i112760|publisher=ThePeerage.com|accessdate=25 October 2012}} He was educated at Twyford School, then an all-boys Private preparatory school.{{cite web|title=Old Twyfordians – Biographies |url=http://www.twyfordschool.com/TwyfordSociety/NotableOTs.asp |publisher=Twyford School |accessdate=25 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224203245/http://www.twyfordschool.com/TwyfordSociety/NotableOTs.asp |archivedate=24 February 2014 }}
Naval career
Christian entered the Royal Navy in July 1876.{{cite news|title=Admiral Christian|work=The Times|issue=44357|date=23 August 1926|page=15}} He was promoted to lieutenant on 31 December 1885,{{London Gazette |issue=25545 |date=1 January 1886 |page=7 }} to commander on 1 January 1896 "for services on the West and East Coasts of Africa",{{London Gazette |issue=26694 |date=31 December 1895 |page=7532 }}{{London Gazette |issue=26696 |date=3 January 1896 |page=4 }} and to captain on 31 December 1901.{{London Gazette |issue=27393 |date=3 January 1902 |page=3 }} In June 1902, he was appointed in command of the protected cruiser {{HMS|Highflyer|1898|6}}, and as flag captain to Rear-Admiral Charles Carter Drury on his appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence|date=3 May 1902 |page=14 |issue=36758 }} He was Captain of the Royal Naval College, Osborne, from 16 July 1908 to 5 October 1910.
Christian was appointed Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George V on 30 April 1910 and,{{London Gazette |issue=28363 |date=6 May 1910 |page=3163 }} on 24 July, was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order.{{London Gazette |issue=28403 |date=2 August 1910 |page=5584 }} He relinquished the appointment of ADC on 21 August 1911,{{London Gazette |issue=28526 |date=29 August 1911 |page=6372 }} when he was promoted to rear admiral.{{London Gazette |issue=28525 |date=25 August 1911 |page=6306 }}
Following the outbreak of the First World War, Christian was appointed to command Southern Force. He was appointed Rear-Admiral, Second-in-Command, Eastern Mediterranean Squadron in July 1915 and, in August, was wounded during the Suvla Bay landings of the Gallipoli Campaign.{{cite news|title=Rear-Admiral Wounded|work=Aberdeen Daily Journal|issue=18933|date=10 September 1915|page=5}}{{cite news|title=Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries|work=Dundee Courier and Advertiser|issue=22844|date=23 August 1926|page=4}} He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 1 January 1916 as part of "honours awarded in recognition of services rendered by Officers of the Eastern Mediterranean Squadron between the time of the landing in the Gallipoli Peninsula in April 1915, and the evacuation in December 1915 – January 1916".{{London Gazette |issue=29507 |date=14 March 1916 |page=2869 }}
Personal life
In 1911, Christian married Geraldine Diana Monsell. Together they had one son and two daughters. One of his daughters, Mary Diana Christian, was married to General Victor FitzGeorge-Balfour.
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