Vice-Admiral Charles Andrew Fountaine, CB, DL, JP (25 May 187924 March 1946) was a Royal Navy officer during the First World War.The Times, Thursday, Mar 28, 1946; pg. 7; Issue 50412; col E Vice-Admiral C. A. Fountaine‘FOUNTAINE, Vice-Adm. Charles Andrew’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Oct 2012 accessed 22 May 2013
Fountaine was born at Narford Hall, Norfolk. He joined the Royal Navy in 1893, and was a Lieutenant when in early 1900 he was posted to the destroyer HMS Fairy, serving in the Devonport Instructional flotilla. He later served with distinction during the First World War, first as a gunnery officer on HMS Lion, and latterly in command of HMS Cambrian. He was Naval Aide de Camp to King George V from 1925 to 1926. He was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk in March 1946, just before his death.
He married Louisa Constance Catherine (31 August 189028 December 1968) in 1918.1939 England and Wales RegisterEngland & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995 She was the younger daughter of Sir Douglas Maclean, of Hawke's Bay in New Zealand. The Neo-Nazi Andrew Fountaine was their son.
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