- Reginald Bacon
Admiral Sir Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon, KCB, KCVO, DSO (1863-1952) was aRoyal Navy admiral. He retired from the Navy in 1909 as director of Naval Ordnance. From 1910 to 1914 he was managing director of theCoventry Ordnance Works . He returned to active service on the outbreak ofWorld War I to command theDover Patrol and was involved in the development of theNorth Sea Mine Barrage He wrote "Benin, the City of Blood" (1897), describing the
Benin Expedition . Bacon served as Intelligence Officer in this British naval campaign against the city ofBenin . [See a discussion [http://www.edo-nation.net/eyo.htm "Benin: The sack that was"] .]He wrote numerous other books, including biographies of
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe andJackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher .Bacon was the first captain of the battleship "Dreadnought" and was closely associated with Fisher, and public revelation of exchanges between the two led to what was tantamount to Bacon's dismissal from the service in 1909.
Notes
Published works
* Bacon, R H. "The Life of Lord Fisher of Kilverstone VOL 1" New York (1929): Doubleday. Facsimile edition (2007): ISBN 1432593625
* Bacon, R H. "The Life of Lord Fisher of Kilverstone VOL 2" New York (1929): Doubleday. Facsimile edition (2007): ISBN 143259351XExternal links
* [http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/bacon.htm]
* [http://www.hillsdale.edu/Personal/Stewart/war/19E/Empire/(1897)%20Benin%20(Bacon).pdf Extract on Benin (PDF)]
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