Andrew Bickford

Andrew Kennedy Bickford
Andrew Kennedy Bickford
Born	16 July 1844; Madras, India
Died	9 October 1927 (aged 83)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Thalia; Pacific Station
Battles/wars	Anglo-Egyptian War
Awards	Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Admiral Andrew Kennedy Bickford CMG (16 July 1844 – 9 October 1927) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station.

Early life

Bickford was educated at the South Devon Collegiate School and Stubbington House School.[1]

Naval career

Bickford joined the Royal Navy in 1858 and took part in the action involving the Huáscar in 1877.[2] He commanded HMS Thalia during the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 and became Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1900.[2] His flagship in the Pacific was HMS Warspite until March 1902, when he hoisted his flag on board the first class cruiser HMS Grafton, and Warspite returned home.[3] Promoted to Vice Admiral in 1904[4] and to full Admiral in 1908, he retired later that year.[2]

Legacy

The Bickford Tower erected at Esquimalt, British Columbia for signalling purposes in 1901 is called after him.[2]

Family

Bickford married Kathleen Dore on the 16 April 1868 in the parish church of Queenstown (Cobh).[5] She was the daughter of Dr. Patrick Dore of Skibbereen who had died in 1847 from inflammation of the lung during the Irish famine.[6][7] The mortality rate amongst physicians in Ireland at this time was in the order of 25%, due to the outbreak of deadly infectious diseases contracted by many of the weakened famine victims.[8] Kathleen's mother, Catherine Power, was sister of Maurice Power, Member of Parliament for Cork 1847-1852.

References

"BICKFORD, Admiral Andrew Kennedy". Who Was Who. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2012.(subscription required)
Naval & Military Museum Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
"Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36720). London. 20 March 1902. p. 10.
"Royal Navy Flag Officers of the Dreadnought Era 1904-1945". Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
"Marriages" (18 April 1868). Cork Examiner. Note: Notice in the paper say Kathleen was daughter of the late Dr Dore.
"Deaths". Cork Examiner. 1 February 1847.
Note: In his book Light Airs and Gentle Breezes, Richard F. Bickford, gives date of Dr Dore's death as being much later.
Cormac Ó Gráda, University College Dublin. "Ireland's Great Famine". Economic History Association. Retrieved 17 July 2014.

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Lewis Beaumont	Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station 1900–1903	Succeeded by Sir James Goodrich

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[1] "BICKFORD, Admiral Andrew Kennedy". Who Was Who. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2012.(subscription required)

[bio-2] Naval & Military Museum Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36720). London. 20 March 1902. p. 10.

[dreadnought-4] "Royal Navy Flag Officers of the Dreadnought Era 1904-1945". Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2010.

[5] "Marriages" (18 April 1868). Cork Examiner. Note: Notice in the paper say Kathleen was daughter of the late Dr Dore.

[6] "Deaths". Cork Examiner. 1 February 1847.

[7] Note: In his book Light Airs and Gentle Breezes, Richard F. Bickford, gives date of Dr Dore's death as being much later.

[8] Cormac Ó Gráda, University College Dublin. "Ireland's Great Famine". Economic History Association. Retrieved 17 July 2014.