Francis Bridgeman
Military Person
1848 – 1929
Who was Francis Bridgeman?
Admiral Sir Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman GCB, GCVO was a Royal Navy officer. As a Captain he commanded a battleship and then an armoured cruiser and then, after serving as second-in-command of three different fleets, he twice undertook tours as Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet with a stint as Second Sea Lord in between those tours. He became First Sea Lord in November 1911 but clashed with First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill on technical issues as well as matters relating to a perceived overriding of naval traditions by Churchill: this led to Bridgeman's resignation just a year later.
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- Born
- Dec 7, 1848
Babworth - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Feb 17, 1929
Nassau
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on July 23, 2013
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