Sir Henry Francis Oliver, GCB, KCMG, MVO served as Admiral of the Fleet from 1928 to 1929. He entered the Royal Navy in July, 1878 as a Naval Cadet in the Navigating Branch, before transferring to the Executive Branch. In 1913 he became the Director of Intelligence Division of the Admiralty War Staff. For less than a month after the outbreak of the First World War he served as Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill.

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  • Sir Henry Francis Oliver, GCB, KCMG, MVO served as Admiral of the Fleet from 1928 to 1929. He entered the Royal Navy in July, 1878 as a Naval Cadet in the Navigating Branch, before transferring to the Executive Branch. In 1913 he became the Director of Intelligence Division of the Admiralty War Staff. For less than a month after the outbreak of the First World War he served as Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill. In November, 1914, Oliver became Chief of the Admiralty War Staff with the acting rank of Vice-Admiral. In May, 1917 he was elevated to Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff and became an additional Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. In early 1918 he left the Admiralty and reverted to his substantive rank of Rear-Admiral, commanding the First Battle Cruiser Squadron in the Grand Fleet. On 1 January, 1919 Oliver was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral. In the same year he commanded for brief periods of time the Battle Cruiser Force, the Second Battle Squadron, the Home Fleet and the Reserve Fleet. In 1920 he became Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel, and remained at the Admiralty until 1924, being promoted to the rank of Admiral on 1 November, 1923. His final command was that of the Atlantic Fleet, which he held from 1924 to 1927, striking his flag in Revenge on 15 August, 1927 after the customary period of three years. Oliver was promoted to the Navy's highest rank, Admiral of the Fleet, on 21 January, 1928 and promoted GCB on 4 June. He was placed on the Retired List on 21 January, 1933. In 1917, he was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd Class, which was duly published in the London Gazette. Oliver married Beryl Joseph on 10 June 1914. When he reached the age of 100 it was estimated that during his thirty-year period of retirement he received £76,000 in retired pay.
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  • 30 October 1917
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  • Sir Henry Francis Oliver, GCB, KCMG, MVO served as Admiral of the Fleet from 1928 to 1929. He entered the Royal Navy in July, 1878 as a Naval Cadet in the Navigating Branch, before transferring to the Executive Branch. In 1913 he became the Director of Intelligence Division of the Admiralty War Staff. For less than a month after the outbreak of the First World War he served as Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill.
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