Maurice Swynfen Fitzmaurice, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMaurice Swynfen Fitzmaurice
Royal Navy officer during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Served during the Second Boer War and the First World War.
Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1870
Date of Death: 23-Jan-1927
Profession: naval officer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Maurice Swynfen Fitzmaurice
- Vice-Admiral Sir Maurice Swynfen Fitzmaurice, (12 August 1870 – 23 January 1927) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served in a number of campaigns in Africa, being twice mentioned in despatches, and had risen to the rank of captain prior to the outbreak of the First World War.
- He served in the Mediterranean, where his ship was sunk by a submarine, and was later appointed to a number of staff posts.
- He collected a number of awards for his services in the war, and after its end became Director of Naval Intelligence.
- He died in 1927 while serving as commander in chief of the African Station.
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