Henry Kitson

Royal Navy officer (1877–1952)

Sir Henry Kitson
Birth name	Henry Karslake Kitson
Born	22 June 1877 Highweek, Devon
Died	19 February 1952 (aged 74) Farnham, Surrey
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1891–1933 1940–1942
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	3rd Battle Squadron Portsmouth Dockyard
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath

Vice Admiral Sir Henry Karslake Kitson KBE, CB (22 June 1877 – 19 February 1952) was a Royal Navy officer who commanded the 3rd Battle Squadron.

Naval career

Kitson joined the Royal Navy in 1891^[1] and served in World War I. He was made Commander of 3rd Battle Squadron in 1929^[2] and then Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard in 1931 before retiring as a vice-admiral in 1933.^[1]^[3] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1929 Birthday Honours^[4] and a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1935 Birthday Honours.^[5]

He also served in World War II as Flag Officer, Coast of Cornwall from 1940 until 1942.^[1]

In 1926, he married Marjorie de Pass, daughter of Sir Eliot Arthur de Pass. His brother-in-law Frank de Pass was the first Jewish recipient of the Victoria Cross.^[6]

They had two sons, including Sir Frank Kitson.^[6]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Henry Kitson". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
^ "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
^ "No. 33900". The London Gazette. 6 January 1933. p. 127.
^ "No. 33501". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1929. p. 3667.
^ "No. 15180". The Edinburgh Gazette. 7 June 1935. p. 490.
^ ^a ^b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2208. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.