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Royal Navy officer (1844–1927)

Admiral
Andrew Kennedy Bickford
CMG
In The Sketch, 31 October 1900
Born(1844-07-16)16 July 1844
Madras, India
Died9 October 1927 (1927-10-10) (aged 83)
Hove, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
CommandsHMS Thalia
Pacific Station
Battles / warsAnglo-Egyptian War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Admiral Andrew Kennedy Bickford CMG (16 July 1844 – 9 October 1927) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station.

Early life

Bickford was educated at the South Devon Collegiate School and Stubbington House School.

Naval career

Bickford joined the Royal Navy in 1858 and took part in the action involving the Huáscar in 1877. He commanded HMS Thalia during the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 and became Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1900. His flagship in the Pacific was HMS Warspite until March 1902, when he hoisted his flag on board the first class cruiser HMS Grafton, and Warspite returned home. Promoted to vice admiral in 1904 and to full Admiral in 1908, he retired later that year.

Legacy

The Bickford Tower erected at Esquimalt, British Columbia for signalling purposes in 1901 is named after him.

Family

Bickford married Kathleen Dore on 16 April 1868 in the parish church of Queenstown (Cobh). She was the daughter of Dr. Patrick Dore of Skibbereen who had died in 1847 from lung inflammation during the Irish famine. The mortality rate amongst physicians in Ireland at this time was in the order of 25%, due to the outbreak of deadly infectious diseases contracted by many of the weakened famine victims. Kathleen's mother, Catherine Power, was the sister of Maurice Power, Member of Parliament for Cork 1847–1852.

Bickford died at his home in Hove on 9 October 1927.

References

  1. "BICKFORD, Admiral Andrew Kennedy". Who Was Who. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2012.(subscription required)
  2. ^ Naval & Military Museum Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36720. London. 20 March 1902. p. 10.
  4. "Royal Navy Flag Officers of the Dreadnought Era 1904-1945". Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  5. "Marriages". No. 18 April 1868. Cork Examiner. Note: Notice in the paper say Kathleen was daughter of the late Dr Dore.
  6. "Deaths". Cork Examiner. 1 February 1847.
  7. Note: In his book Light Airs and Gentle Breezes, Richard F. Bickford, gives date of Dr Dore's death as being much later.
  8. Cormac Ó Gráda, University College Dublin. "Ireland's Great Famine". Economic History Association. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  9. "Obituary: Admiral Bickford". The Daily Telegraph. London. 11 October 1927. p. 12. Retrieved 16 November 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

Further reading

  • Light Airs and Gentle Breezes - a victorian naval life Story: The Life & Times of Admiral Bickford by Richard E. Bickford (his grandson), published by Tartan Edge, 1996
Military offices
Preceded byLewis Beaumont Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station
1900 – 1903 		Succeeded byJames Goodrichas Commodore Commanding, Pacific Station
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