Admiral Sir Allan Frederic Everett, (22 February 1868 – 22 January 1938) was a Royal Navy officer who served as First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff from 1921 to 1923.
Naval services Born the fourth son of Colonel John Frederic Everett,Edward Walford, The county families of the United Kingdom, or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland (Volume ed.59, yr.1919). (page 122 of 416) Everett joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1884. He became Captain of the Fleet for the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet in 1913 and at the start of the First World War found himself on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet. He was made Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord in 1915 and Aide-de-Camp to the King in 1916. He became Naval Secretary later that year and served in that role during the closing stages of the war. He was given command of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron in October 1918.The Grand Fleet 1914–1918 After the war he was given command of the 8th Light Cruiser Squadron in the Atlantic, before becoming First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff in 1921Farewell to Sir Allan Everett The Melbourne Argus, 30 August 1923 and then Commander-in-Chief, China Station in November 1924.The China Squadron The Straits Times, 16 September 1924 He suffered a breakdown in April 1925 and was relieved of his command shortly thereafter.Letter to the Prime Minister Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, 14 May 1925 He retired in 1926.
He died in London in January 1938.Death of Admiral Sir Allan Everett The Melbourne Argus, 24 January 1938
Family In 1899 he married Michaelangela Katherine Carr.
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