Charles George Fane
{{Short description|Royal Navy Admiral (1837–1909)}}
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Admiral Superintendent Portsmouth (1892–96)
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Admiral Sir Charles George Fane {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|FZS}} (13 November 1837 – 23 February 1909) was a British Royal Navy officer who was Admiral superintendent at HM Dockyard Portsmouth.
Biography
Fane was born in 1837, the son of Colonel Fane, of Fulbeck, Hall, Lincolnshire. He entered the Royal Navy in 1851, and served as a midshipman in the Black Sea during the Crimean War.FANE, Admiral Sir Charles George’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007
He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1859, and served as 1st Lieutenant on the frigate HMS Galatea while it was commanded by the then Duke of Edinburgh. Promotion to Commander followed on 16 October 1868,{{London Gazette |issue=23433 |date=20 October 1868 |page=5510 }} and to Captain on 9 August 1875.{{London Gazette |issue=24235 |date=10 August 1875 |page=4015 }} From 1882 to 1884 he was senior officer on the Newfoundland Fishery Station, and in 1886 he was appointed in command of the battleship HMS Hector, which was part of the Channel Fleet. In 1888 he was appointed Captain-Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard and an Aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria,{{London Gazette |issue=25774 |date=6 January 1888 |page=243 }} serving as such until 5 August 1890, when he was promoted to flag rank as Rear admiral.{{London Gazette |issue=26077 |date=8 August 1890 |page=4328 }} He was Admiral-Superintendent of HM Dockyard Portsmouth from February 1892 to February 1896, and was promoted to Vice admiral on 9 November 1896.{{London Gazette |issue=26796 |date= 20 November 1896 |page=6363 }} Throughout his career he served as Chairman of several Admiralty committees.
He was appointed a Knight Commander (military) of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the November 1901 Birthday Honours list,{{London Gazette | issue=27376 | date=12 November 1901 |page=7291}} and invested by King Edward VII on 17 December 1901.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court Circular |date=18 December 1901 |page=6 |issue=36641| }}
Fane was promoted to Admiral 24 January 1902,{{London Gazette | issue=27401 | date=28 January 1902 |page=583}} and retired from the navy later that month.{{London Gazette |issue=27405 |date=11 February 1902 |page=844 }} In retirement he lived at his seat in Aberdeenshire, of which county he was a Justice of the peace.
He was elected a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London (FZS) in February 1869.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Zoological Society |date=19 February 1869 |page=6 |issue=26365| }}
Fane died in Aberdeen on 23 February 1909, after an operation.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Obituary – Admiral Sir C. G. Fane, KCB |date=25 February 1909 |page=13 |issue=38892| }}
Family
Fane married in 1875, Mary-Ann Kenny, youngest daughter of Sir Edward Kenny, Canadian Senator from Nova Scotia.
References
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