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Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, 13th Baron Stafford, KCB (17 April 1864 – 28 September 1941) was an

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peer, holding the title

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. He was also a

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officer who went on to be

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Naval career

Fitzherbert joined the

in 1877. He was promoted to

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on 30 June 1899, and during the summer of 1902 was appointed in command of the

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HMS ''Cambrian'', senior officer′s ship on the

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. Promoted to

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in 1904, he was given command of the

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HMS ''Albemarle'', of the

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HMS ''Impregnable'' and then of the

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HMS ''Bedford'' which

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in 1910, leading him to be found guilty of negligence. He served in

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as Director of Mines and Torpedoes from October 1915 and saw the introduction of the highly successful

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craft and the variant of this, the first unmanned Radio Controlled naval vessels, the Distant Control Boats. He was

from May 1918. He became a full Admiral on retirement in 1925. On 14 June 1919, he was made a

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of the

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by the Portuguese President

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Family

His father was Basil Thomas Fitzherbert and his mother was Emily Charlotte Stafford-Jerningham. He changed his surname to Fitzherbert-Stafford by

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. It was through his mother's side of the family that he gained the Stafford barony in 1932; his brother

Francis Fitzherbert-Stafford, 12th Baron Stafford Francis Edward Fitzherbert-Stafford, 12th Baron Stafford, Distinguished Service Order, DSO (28 August 1859 – 18 September 1932) was an England, English peerage, peer and British Army officer, holding the title Baron Stafford. His lifetime marked ...

had died without issue that year. Fitzherbert-Stafford also descended from

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nobility as his great grandfather was John Vincent Gandolfi, 12th Marquis Gandolfi. The barony thus passed on to his nephew, Basil Fitzherbert, 14th Baron Stafford. The 13th Baron Stafford died at the family seat of

Swynnerton Hall Swynnerton Hall is an 18th-century country mansion house, the home of Lord Stafford, situated at Swynnerton near Stone, Staffordshire. It is a Grade I listed building. History The manor of Swynnerton was owned by the eponymous family for severa ...

in 1941 at age 77.

References

External links

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Recipients of the Order of the Tower and Sword