11 Facts About Stanley Colville

Stanley Colville was educated at Marlborough College and entered the training ship Britannia in July 1874.

Stanley Colville was promoted lieutenant in November 1882 for his services at the bombardment of Alexandria.

Stanley Colville was promoted commander in August 1892 and in May 1893 joined the battleship Trafalgar, now flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet.

Stanley Colville was badly wounded, promoted captain in August 1896, and appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath in November 1896.

Stanley Colville was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order when received in an audience by King Edward VII on 29 May 1902, and later the same year married the daughter of recently retired Admiral of the Fleet Lord Clanwilliam.

Stanley Colville was promoted rear-admiral in November 1906 and hoisted his flag in the Bulwark, now in the Home Fleet.

Stanley Colville held this command until February 1916, when he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

Stanley Colville was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in July 1915, and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1919.

Stanley Colville was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in July 1921.

Stanley Colville was appointed to the honorary offices of Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom in 1927 and Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and Lieutenant of the Admiralty in 1929.

Stanley Colville married at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square on 6 December 1902 Lady Adelaide Jane Meade, a daughter of Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam.