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Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape

1888 - 1981

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Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Austin Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, (5 February 1888 – 12 February 1981) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He served in the First World War, saw action during the Gallipoli Campaign and took part in the internment of the German High Seas Fleet at the end of the war. He also served in the Second World War initially as Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy and then as second-in-command and afterwards as commander of the Home Fleet, leading the force that destroyed the German battleship Scharnhorst. He went on to be First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in which role he assisted in establishing NATO and agreed to the principle that the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic should be an American admiral, in the face of fierce British opposition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape is the 1,314th most popular military personnel (up from 1,493rd in 2024), the 2,539th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,483rd in 2019) and the 59th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape ranks 1,314 out of 2,058. Before him are Constantin Constantinescu-Claps, David Barnea, Fayruz al-Daylami, Constantin von Alvensleben, Chabrias, and Pyotr Koshevoy. After him are Ferenc Wesselényi, Prince Frederick of Württemberg, Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, Remus von Woyrsch, Maciej Sulkiewicz, and Friedrich Schulz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape ranks 126. Before him are Friedrich Wolf, Sigfried Giedion, Joachim Lemelsen, Árpád Szakasits, Francisco Canaro, and Viktor Kingissepp. After him are Anna Q. Nilsson, Chana Orloff, Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Walther Kossel, Nereu Ramos, and Harukichi Hyakutake. Among people deceased in 1981, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape ranks 115. Before him are Zdeněk Burian, Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, Roman Rudenko, Jaime Roldós Aguilera, Harry Harlow, and Mostafa Chamran. After him are Chief Dan George, Rensis Likert, D. R. Bendre, Mario Camerini, Ivan Eklind, and Ricardo Wolf.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape ranks 2,540 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Maudslay (1771), John Badham (1939), Bernard Fox (1927), Jimmy Mullen (1923), David Richards (1952), and Jack Higgins (1929). After him are William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire (1748), Robert Peake the Elder (1551), Harold Jeffreys (1891), Bernie Taupin (1950), Herbert Read (1893), and Susannah York (1939).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape ranks 59. Before him are Robert Maynard (1684), David Stirling (1915), John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey (1885), Claude Choules (1901), J. F. C. Fuller (1878), and John Fastolf (1380). After him are John Burgoyne (1722), John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717), Edward Vernon (1684), Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889), and John Paul Jones (1747).

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