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Encyclopedia > Roger Backhouse
Sir Roger Backhouse
18781939
Image:UK-Navy-OF10.svg
Admiral of the Fleet Rank Insignia
Place of birth Darlington
Allegiance Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Rank Admiral of the Fleet
Commands First Sea Lord
Battles/wars First World War
Awards GCB, GCVO, CMG

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse GCB, GCVO, CMG, (24 November 1878-15 July 1939) was an Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy and First Sea Lord of the British Admiralty from 1939 to 1939. 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Image File history File links UK-Navy-OF10. ... Statistics Population: 97,839 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: NZ289147 Administration District: Darlington Region: North East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: County Durham Historic county: County Durham Services Police force: Durham Constabulary Ambulance: North East Post office and telephone Post town: DARLINGTON Postal district... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... Royal Navy Insignia The flag of an Admiral of the Fleet is the Flag of the United Kingdom, and is in 1:2 rather than the 2:3 of other admirals flags. ... The First Sea Lord is the professional head of the British Royal Navy. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... GCB may stand for: In philosophy, the greatest conceivable being, used in discussion of ontology. ... Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... CMG can mean: Color Marketing Group, commonly referred to as CMG CMG (company), a telecommunications and IT consultancy company Chipotle Mexican Grill, a Mexican chain of restaurants specializing in gourmet burritos and tacos Collectible miniatures game, a genre of table-top games related to collectible card games (CCGs) Companion of... Royal Navy Insignia The flag of an Admiral of the Fleet is the Flag of the United Kingdom, and is in 1:2 rather than the 2:3 of other admirals flags. ... GCB may stand for: In philosophy, the greatest conceivable being, used in discussion of ontology. ... Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... CMG can mean: Color Marketing Group, commonly referred to as CMG CMG (company), a telecommunications and IT consultancy company Chipotle Mexican Grill, a Mexican chain of restaurants specializing in gourmet burritos and tacos Collectible miniatures game, a genre of table-top games related to collectible card games (CCGs) Companion of... Admiral of the Fleet is a supreme naval position that has existed in historical navies and still exists in several modern-day navies. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... The First Sea Lord is the professional head of the British Royal Navy. ...

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Family

Backhouse was born on 24 November 1878 into a Quaker family in Darlington; his relatives included many churchmen and scholars. He was the fourth son of Sir Jonathan Backhouse, 1st Baronet but he did not inherit the family baronetcy from his father's death in 1918. That passed to his eldest brother Sir Edmund Backhouse, 2nd Baronet who became famous as an oriental scholar. He married Dora Louise Findlay, daughter of John Ritchie Findlay, on 4 June 1907. They had six children. The Religious Society of Friends (commonly known as Quakers) is a Christian religious denomination that began in England in the 17th century by people who were dissatisfied with the existing denominations and sects of Christianity. ... Statistics Population: 97,839 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: NZ289147 Administration District: Darlington Region: North East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: County Durham Historic county: County Durham Services Police force: Durham Constabulary Ambulance: North East Post office and telephone Post town: DARLINGTON Postal district... A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt), is the holder of an hereditary title awarded by the British Crown, known as a baronetcy. ... Sir Edmund Trelawny Backhouse, 2nd Baronet (20 October 1873 – 8 January 1944) was a British would-be-oriental scholar and black sheep of the Backhouse family who is currently famous mostly for his fraudulent diary. ...


Career in the Royal Navy

He held the office of Third Sea Lord of the Admiralty and Controller of the Navy from 1 November 1928 to 1 March 1932. He was Vice-Admiral of the First Battle Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet between 1932 and 1934. He was promoted to the rank of full Admiral on 11th February 1934 and became Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet on 20 August 1935 - an appointment he held until 11 April 1938. He also held the office of First and Principal Naval Advisor to H.M. King George VI in 1938. On 17 November 1938 Blackhouse reached the pinnacle of his career when he was appointed First Sea Lord, executive head of the Royal Navy. He remained in this role until 15 June 1939 - a month before his untimely death from a brain tumour. Old Admiralty House, Whitehall, London, Thomas Ripley, architect, 1723-26, was not admired by his contemporaries and earned him some scathing couplets from Alexander Pope The Admiralty was historically the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ... Vice Admiral is a naval rank of three star level, equivalent to Lieutenant General in seniority. ... Several countries have or have had a Mediterranean Fleet in their navy. ... The Home Fleet is the traditional name of the fleet of the Royal Navy that protects the United Kingdoms territorial waters. ... George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George) (December 14, 1895 - February 6, 1952) was the third British monarch of the House of Windsor, reigning from December 11, 1936 to February 6, 1952. ... The First Sea Lord is the professional head of the British Royal Navy. ...


He was promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet on 29 June 1939 and died just over a fortnight later on 15 July at the age 60.


Awards

Admiral Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse was invested as a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1917. He was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) in 1933. He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.) in 1937. He was invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) in 1938. Badge of a Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath)[1] is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ...


External Links

  • National Portrait Gallery Photo
  • Career history on admirals.org.uk

See also

Military Offices
Preceded by
Ernle Chatfield
First Sea Lord
1938—1939
Succeeded by
Sir Dudley Pound

  Results from FactBites:
 
The Ordinary Business of Life: A History of Economics from the Ancient World to the Twenty-First Century (1135 words)
Roger Backhouse, who holds a chair in the History and Philosophy of Economics at the University of Birmingham, is a leading, indeed virtuoso, historian of economic thought.
That Backhouse can author three such different accounts attests to his skill and versatility, his non-dogmatic view of the history of economic thought, and that while he is not wedded to Post Modernism he does go part way with it.
Backhouse, to his credit, however, emphasizes the inevitable selectivity and thereby limited coverage of his or anyone's story of the history of economic thought.
Backhouse, R.E.: The Ordinary Business of Life: A History of Economics from the Ancient World to the Twenty-First ... (620 words)
Backhouse, R.E.: The Ordinary Business of Life: A History of Economics from the Ancient World to the Twenty-First Century.
While some regard economics as a modern invention, Roger Backhouse shows that economic ideas were influential even in antiquity--and that the origins of contemporary economic thought can be traced back to the ancients.
Roger E. Backhouse holds a Chair in the History and Philosophy of Economics at the University of Birmingham.
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