John Edelsten

Edelsten was born 12 May 1891 in Enfield, Middlesex, England the third son to John Jackson Edelsten and Jessica Gooding. John Jackson Edelsten owned a tea broker business. ==Naval career==

Edelsten joined the Royal Navy in 1908. He served in World War I and then became Deputy Director of Plans in 1938. Edelsten was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1953 Coronation Honours. == Family ==

On 14 December 1926, Edelsten married Frances Anne Hoile Masefield at the Holy Trinity Church in London. Frances was born 14 October 1900 in Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire, Scotland to Henry Valentine Masefield and Caroline Gordon. ==References==