Victor Stanley (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Sir Victor Albert Stanley KCB MVO (17 January 1867 – 9 June 1934) was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Reserve Fleet.

Sir Victor Stanley
Born	17 January 1867
Died	9 June 1934 (aged 67)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Essex Royal Naval College, Dartmouth HMS Erin Reserve Fleet
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Naval career

Born the son of the Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, giving him the honorific "The Honourable", Stanley entered the navy in 1880, was appointed a Lieutenant in 1889, promoted to Commander in January 1901,[1] and Captain 1905. He became naval attaché to Russia in 1905, commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Essex in 1909 and Captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1912.[2] He served in World War I as commanding officer of the battleship HMS Erin from 1914 to 1917.[3] He became naval attaché in the British delegation to Washington D. C. in 1918, Second-in-Command of the 1st Battle Squadron in 1919 and Vice Admiral Commanding the Reserve Fleet in 1924. He was promoted to full admiral on 2 March 1926,[4] before retiring the same year.[5]

He stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party in Blackpool in the 1923 General Election.[6]

General Election 1923: Blackpool[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hugh Mowbray Meyler	22,264	53.7	+3.9
	Unionist	Hon. Victor Albert Stanley	19,192	46.3	-3.9
Majority			3,072	7.4	7.8
Turnout				84.8	+6.5
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+3.9

Family

He married in 1896 Canadian Annie Bickerton Pooley, daughter of Hon. C. E. Pooley, K.C., of British Columbia.[7]

References

1. "No. 27263". The London Gazette. 4 January 1901. p. 82.
2. Naval and Military Intelligence, The Times, 8 July 1912
3. The Navy List, October 1915
4. "No. 33139". The London Gazette. 5 March 1926. p. 1650.
5. "Senior Royal Navy Appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
6. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-49, FWS Craig
7. Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 323.