Allan Everett (admiral)

Admiral Sir Allan Frederic Everett  (22 February 1868 – 22 January 1938) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be First Naval Member & Chief of the Australian Naval Staff.

Naval services
Born the fourth son of Colonel John Frederic Everett, Everett joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1884. He became Captain of the Fleet for the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet in 1913 and at the start of World War I found himself on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet. He was made Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord in 1915 and Aide-de-Camp to the King in 1916. He became Naval Secretary later that year and served in that role during the closing stages of the War. He was given command of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron in October 1918. After the War he was given command of the 8th Light Cruiser Squadron in the Atlantic before becoming First Naval Member & Chief of the Australian Naval Staff in 1921 and then Commander-in-Chief, China Station in November 1924. He suffered a breakdown in April 1925 and was relieved of his command shortly thereafter. He retired in 1926.

He died in London in January 1938.

Family
In 1899 he married Michaelangela Katherine Carr.