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Alexander Bethell

Admiral Sir Alexander Edward Bethell was a British naval officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth of the Royal Navy.

Naval career
Born the second son of Richard Augustus Bethell, 2nd Baron Westbury, Bethell joined the Royal Navy in 1869. In July–August 1899 he commanded the Arethusa, which was commissioned for the annual manoeuvres. He was given command of the cruiser HMS Naiad serving in the Mediterranean Fleet in March 1901, and landed the Somaliland Field Force in East Africa He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1912. ==Family==
Family
In 1890 he married Hilda Huntsman; they had two sons and a daughter. Both his sons were killed in World War I. ==References==
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