Compton Domvile ( Royal Navy officer ) Admiral Sir Compton Edward Domvile GCB GCVO ( 1842 – 1924 ) was a distinguished Royal Navy officer in the Edwardian era . Birth . Compton Domvile was born on 10 October 1842 to Henry Barry Domvile ( 1813 – 1843 ) and Frances Domvile ( née Winnington - Ingram ) ( d 1884 ) . He was educated at the Royal Academy , Gosport . Family . He married Isabella Peel , the daughter of Captain Edmund Yates Peel , on 3 November 1876 . They had five children : Adelaide Mary Domvile ( b 1877 , died unmarried ) , Barry Edward Domvile ( 1878 – 1971 ) , Archibald Compton Winnington Domvile ( b 1884 ) , Georgiana Isabella Francis Domvile ( b 1888 ) and May Louise Domvile ( b 1893 ) . Their second child went on to become Admiral Sir Barry Edward Domvile KBE CB CMG ( 1878 – 1971 ) , and after a distinguished career in the Royal Navy , became a leading British fascist . Career . Early career . Compton Domvile joined the Royal Navy in 1856 . He served in the Royal Yacht and was promoted to lieutenant on 28 October 1862 . He commanded the steam - gunboat HMS " Algerine " from 16 April 1866 and was promoted to commander on 2 September 1868 for service against piracy . HMS " Dryad " . On 3 August 1874 he became captain of the screw sloop HMS " Dryad " from commissioning at Devonport . " Dryad " served on the North America and West Indies Station until December 1877 . Domvile was promoted to captain on 27 March 1876 , whilst serving in " Dryad " . Commander John Edward Stokes replaced him as " Dryad " s captain some time in 1877 . HMS " Dido " . He became captain of the Royal Naval College , Greenwich until 19 September 1879 , followed by a return to sea as captain of the steam corvette HMS " Dido " , replacing Captain Arthur Richard Wright who had died on 19 August 1879 . " Dido " served on the west coast of Africa , including service in the first Boer War ( 1880 - 1881 ) . After the Battle of Laing ' s Nek , " Dido " contributed 50 men and two field guns to a Naval Brigade , which went to the front under Lieutenant Henry Ogle . This brigade shared in the disaster at the Battle of Majuba Hill on 27 February , where " Dido " lost 3 killed and 3 wounded . Captain Domvile took charge of the Naval Brigade , but no further action took place before a peace was concluded . In October 1881 , " Dido " crossed the Atlantic and joined the North America and West Indies squadron , with Domvile serving as an acting commodore in Jamaica in 1882 . She was paid off at Barbados on 16 February 1883 . Later career . From 1884 to 1886 Domville was the captain of HMS " Temeraire " in the Mediterranean , and from there he went to become the captain of the stone frigate ( shore establishment ) HMS " Excellent " , the gunnery school at Portsmouth . In 1888 , Domvile became naval aide - de - camp to Queen Victoria , and served on the Ordnance Committee from 1890 to 1891 . On 4 January 1891 he was promoted to rear - admiral and was appointed Director of Naval Ordnance from 1891 to 1894 . He went to the Mediterranean as second - in - command of the Mediterranean Fleet from 1894 to 1896 , and on promotion to vice - admiral on 23 February 1897 , he was appointed Superintendent of Naval Reserves . In 1898 he was appointed as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath . On 25 January 1902 he was promoted to admiral , replacing Jackie Fisher as commander - in - chief of the Mediterranean Fleet , then Britain ' s largest fleet . He served there until 1905 . In 1903 he was appointed a Knight of the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order , and in 1904 the Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath . He was also appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Saviour of Greece , and 1st Class in Brilliants of the Medijie . Death . He died on 19 November 1924 .