Admiral Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge of Bristol, GCB PC (3 January 1788 - 17 October 1867) was a former Royal Navy First Sea Lord and former First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria.
Admiral Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge of Bristol was born illegitimately on 3 January 1788. He was the son of Frederick Augustus Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley and Mary Cole. He marr...
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Admiral Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge of Bristol, GCB PC (3 January 1788 - 17 October 1867) was a former Royal Navy First Sea Lord and former First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria.
Admiral Maurice Frederick FitzHardinge Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge of Bristol was born illegitimately on 3 January 1788. He was the son of Frederick Augustus Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley and Mary Cole. He married, firstly, Charlotte Lennox, daughter of Sir Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lady Charlotte Gordon, on 4 December 1823. His second marriage was to Lady Charlotte Reynolds-Moreton, daughter of Thomas Reynolds-Moreton, 1st Earl of Ducie, on 30 September 1834. He died on 17 October 1867 at age 79 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire.
Between 1828 and 1841 Maurice Berkeley commanded in succession HMS Semiramis, HMS Hercules and HMS Thunderer.
He held the office of Fourth Naval Lord, a Lord of the Admiralty, between 1833 and...
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