biography
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Mountevans, Edward (Ratcliffe Garth Russell) Evans, Baron
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| lived:
| (1881–1957)
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| biography:
| British naval commander. He entered the Royal Navy in 1897, and was second-in-command to Scott's Antarctic expedition (1910–13). In Word War 1 he fought at Jutland, and in command of HMS Broke scored an outstanding victory over four German destroyers. In 1929 he was appointed rear-admiral commanding the Royal Australian Navy. He later became commander-in-chief of the Africa station and deputy high commissioner of the British Protectorates, where his actions against Chief Tshkedi Khama of Bechuanaland were criticized. Recalled in 1939, he served in World War 2 as London Regional Commissioner. |
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