Edward Heaton-Ellis

Sir Edward Heaton-Ellis
Commodore Edward Heaton-Ellis, Paris, 1918. Pastel by Eugène Burnand
Born	19 November 1868
Died	23 February 1943
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1882–1919
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands held	HMS Sentinel
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Member of the Royal Victorian Order

Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Henry Fitzhardinge Heaton-Ellis, KBE, CB, MVO (19 November 1868 – 23 February 1943) was a British Royal Navy officer.

Heaton-Ellis was born in Wyddial, Hertfordshire, to Edward Henry Brabazon Heaton-Ellis and Louisa Harriott Kingscote (20 July 1839 – 17 October 1874). He joined HMS Britannia as a Naval Cadet in 1882. In 1884 he was promoted Midshipman and joined the composite screw corvette HMS Opal on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station. He was commissioned Sub-Lieutenant in 1889 and promoted Lieutenant in 1892. In 1897 he took command of HMS Hardy, one of the first destroyers, at Portsmouth. Five years later, he was on 1 July 1902 posted as first lieutenant on the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Resolution, serving in the Channel Fleet. He was promoted Commander in 1903.

In 1905 he took command of the scout cruiser HMS Sentinel in the Mediterranean. While there he escorted HMY Victoria and Albert during King Edward VII's visit to Malta and was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO). In 1907 he was appointed naval attaché in Paris, and later served in the same capacity in Madrid, Lisbon and Brussels until 1911. He was promoted Captain in 1908.