Everard Hardman-Jones
Everard John Hardman-Jones, CB, OBE (15 October 1881 – 28 June 1962) was a Royal Navy officer who rose to vice-admiral and served as Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.
He was born in Binfield, Berkshire, and joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1896. In 1900 he served as a temporary midshipman on the cruiser Diadem in the Channel Fleet, was confirmed as a sub-lieutenant in 1901, and later served on the sail training brig Wanderer and the destroyer Lightning. During World War I he acted as Signals Officer to Admiral Jellicoe, the Second-in-Command of the Grand Fleet.
Hardman-Jones was promoted to captain in 1920. He served as commanding officer of the cruiser Caledon (1919), the cruiser Champion (1923), the aircraft carrier Furious (1929), and the aircraft carrier Courageous (1930). He became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland in 1933. In World War II he served as Naval Officer-in-Charge at Newhaven before retiring in 1944.
He married Lilian Ursula Vivian in 1921 and died in 1962 at the age of 80.
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