Arthur Leveson Admiral Sir Arthur Cavenagh Leveson GCB ( 27 January 1868 – 26 June 1929 ) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy . He was the Rear Admiral Commanding His Majesty ' s Australian Fleet between 9 January 1917 and 3 September 1918 and later Commander in Chief , China Station between 10 September 1922 and 22 April 1925 . Biography . Born on 27 January 1868 at Kensington , London , he attended a private school , and began his Naval cadetship aboard the training ship HMS " Britannia " on 13 January 1881 . He was rated Midshipman on 15 January 1883 and Sub - Lieutenant on 17 January 1887 and promoted Lieutenant on 27 July 1887 . He was awarded the Beaufort Testimonial and Goodenough Medal in 1888 and qualified in gunnery in 1891 . Serving as a Gunnery Lieutenant upon HMS " Victoria " in 1893 , he survived the sinking of HMS " Victoria " on 22 June 1893 after she collided with HMS " Camperdown " near Tripoli , Lebanon during manoeuvres and quickly sank , taking 358 crew with her , including the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet , Vice - Admiral Sir George Tryon . Transferred to Whale Island at the shore establishment HMS " Excellent " as a 1st Gunnery Office . He was promoted to Lieutenant on 27 July 1887 . While as a Brigade Major to the Naval Brigade in London , he participated in the occasion of Queen Victoria ' s Diamond Jubilee in 1897 , for which he received the Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal . Promoted to Commander on 1 January 1899 he became a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society . Serving as Commander under his first commission aboard HMS " Canopus " he was promoted to Captain on 1 July 1903 . Between August 1903 until February 1905 , he served as the Naval Assistant to the Controller of the Navy . While serving as Flag Captain to Admiral Sir William May , Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet , he took part in 1904 in the Entente Cordiale at Brest and in Paris , for which he received the Croix d ' Officier of the Legion of Honour . He later commanded HMS " Africa " and HMS " Indefatigable " and received the Coronation Medal of King George V in 1911 . On 27 September 1912 , he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the Civil Division in the first batch of Naval officers awarded this honour , and was made naval aide - de - camp to King George V in 1913 . He was also a Commodore ( First Class ) on the staff of Admiral of the Fleet Sir William May , Umpire - in - Chief during the Naval Manoeuvres which took place during July and August 1913 . Promoted to Rear - Admiral on 1 December 1913 , and Director of Operations Divisions of the Admiralty War Staff on 1 May 1914 . He was appointed Rear - Admiral on 1 December 1913 . After the outbreak of World War I in 1914 , he was Second in Command of the 2nd Battle Squadron , and was present at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916 , where he was mentioned in despatches , received a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the Military Division , the Order of St . Stanislaus ( First Class ) with swords and the Order of the Rising Sun ( Second Class ) . He was appointed the Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Fleet on 9 January 1917 until 3 September 1918 . Later he was appointed Commander in Chief , China Station between 10 September 1922 and 22 April 1925 . He became the First and Principal Naval aide - de - camp and was awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 3 June 1927 . He married Jemima Adeline Beatrice Blackwood , daughter of Francis James Lindesay Blackwood , on 3 March 1902 and had a son Arthur Edmund Leveson . Arther Cavenagh Leveson died on 26 June 1929 .