Wion de Malpas Egerton
Wion de Malpas Egerton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 April 1879 |
| Died | 1 January 1943(aged 63) at sea |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Navy |
| Rank | Vice-Admiral |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Order |
Vice-AdmiralWion de Malpas Egerton,DSO(16 April 1879 – 1 January 1943) was a BritishRoyal Navyofficer from theEgerton family,who served inWorld War Iand was Deputy Director of Torpedoes and Mining from 1921 to 1922. Egerton was killed in theSecond World Waras commander of a North Atlantic convoy.
Background
[edit]Egerton was born inthe Punjabin 1879, the son ofIndian Armyofficer (later Field Marshal) SirCharles Egerton(1848–1921) by his wife Anna Wellwood. His grandfather was Major-GeneralCaledon Egerton(1814–1874), a son of the ninth baronet of theGrey Egertonbranch of the aristocratic Egerton family.
Naval career
[edit]Egerton joined the Royal Navy in the 1890s,[1]and was promoted tolieutenanton 15 April 1900. He was posted to thebattleshipHMSCenturionon 15 January 1901, then serving as flagship of Vice-Admiral SirEdward Seymouron theChina Station.[2]In July and August 1902 he had a temporary posting toHMSRoyal Sovereign,[3]flagshiptoSir Charles Frederick Hotham,Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth,during thefleet reviewheld atSpitheadon 16 August 1902 for thecoronationof KingEdward VII.[4]The following month he was posted to the torpedo school shipHMSVernon,to qualify as torpedo lieutenant.[5]
He wasmentioned in despatchesduring the First World War, and in 1917 was awarded theDistinguished Service Order,being promoted tocaptainon 30 June that year. From January 1921 until December 1922 he was Deputy Director of Torpedoes and Mining. He was anAide-de-Campto KingGeorge Vin 1928, and was promoted to flag rank asrear-admiralon 11 June 1928. He retired, and received the rank ofvice-admiralon the Retired list on 4 January 1933,[6]however he re-enlisted during the Second World War and was made Commodore of Convoys of theRoyal Naval Reservefrom May 1942.
Egerton was killed on 1 January 1943, while on board a ship that was torpedoed by aU-boatsduringWorld War II.He was convoy commodore ofConvoy ON 154aboardEmpire Shackletonand picked up byHMS Fidelityafter his ship was torpedoed, but died when the rescue vessel was also torpedoed.
Family
[edit]In 1913, Egerton married Anita David, the only daughter of Major Albert Rudolph David.[7]She died in 1972. They had three children:
- SirDavid Egerton(1914–2010), who succeeded his second cousin in thebaronetcyin 2008.
- Penelope Egerton (1919–2004), who married Major John Michael de Burgh Ibberson
- Alison Egerton (1922), who married Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Boutcher Gregory
References
[edit]- ^nationalarchives.gov.uk
- ^"Naval & Military intelligence".The Times.No. 36347. London. 9 January 1901. p. 8.
- ^"Naval & Military intelligence".The Times.No. 36826. London. 22 July 1902. p. 11.
- ^"The Coronation - Naval Review".The Times.No. 36845. London. 13 August 1902. p. 4.
- ^"Naval & Military intelligence".The Times.No. 36868. London. 9 September 1902. p. 8.
- ^"No. 33900".The London Gazette.6 January 1933. p. 127.
- ^thepeerage
- 1879 births
- 1943 deaths
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Royal Navy admirals of World War II
- Royal Navy personnel killed in World War II
- Royal Navy personnel of World War I
- Royal Naval Reserve personnel
- Convoy commodores
- 19th-century Royal Navy personnel
- Royal Navy vice admirals
- Military personnel of British India