Admiral Sir Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle KCB CMG MVO (21 October 1871 – 13 October 1949) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Fourth Sea Lord.[1]
Boyle was born at 37, Lowndes Street, Belgravia, the youngest son of Henry Boyle, 5th Earl of Shannon, and his second wife, Julia Cradock-Hartopp. He had two elder brothers and three elder half-brothers, including Richard Boyle, 6th Earl of Shannon.[1]
Boyle joined the Royal Navy as a cadet on the training ship HMS Britannia in 1884.[2] He was promoted to Commander on 1 January 1902,[3] and in April that year was assigned for temporary duty at the Admiralty.[4] Four months later, in August 1902, he was posted at the protected cruiser HMS Isis.[5]
He served in World War I and, as Captain of HMS Malaya, took part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916.[6] He was Aide-de-camp to the King from 1918 to 1919 and served as Fourth Sea Lord from 1920 to 1924.[7] He retired in 1924.[2]
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1916 New Year Honours[8] and advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1924 New Year Honours.[9]
