Gerard Noel (Royal Navy officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerard Noel (Royal Navy officer)

Royal Navy admiral of the fleet

Date of Birth: 05-Mar-1845

Place of Birth: Stanhoe, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 23-May-1918

Profession: military officer

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Gerard Henry Uctred Noel, (5 March 1845 – 23 May 1918) was a Royal Navy officer.
As a junior officer he commanded a naval brigade which took part in the capture of Kumasi in February 1874 during the Second Anglo-Ashanti War. Noel went on to be Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet: during this tour, following the murder of the British vice-consul in Heraklion and an attack on the Customs House there, Noel landed a force in Crete to court-martial the terrorists and generally restore order.
After that he became Admiral Superintendent of Naval Reserves and was given the additional responsibility of Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet.
He then became Commander-in-Chief, China Station: at the time relations between the United Kingdom and Russia were strained as the United Kingdom expressed its considerable dissatisfaction in relation to Russian aggression at the start of the Russo-Japanese War.
His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.