Alexander Ludovic Duff

Admiral Sir Alexander Ludovic Duff GCB GBE KCVO (20 February 1862 – 22 November 1933) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station.

Naval career
Duff joined the Royal Navy in 1875. He was Director of the Mobilisation Division at the Admiralty in the from 1911. He served in World War I as Rear-Admiral (Second-in-Command) of the 4th Battle Squadron taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916.

He then became Director of the Anti-Submarine Division in 1917. Like the First Sea Lord Admiral Jellicoe he was initially an opponent of convoys. However, as a result of his efforts the destruction caused by the "underwater menace" was considerably lessened.

After the War he became Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff and then, from 1919, Commander-in-Chief, China Station. He retired in 1925.

Family
In 1886 he married Janet Douglas Duff; they had two daughters. In 1924 he married Alice Marjorie Hill-Whitson; they had no children.

Books

 * Grigg, John. Lloyd George: War Leader, 1916–1918 Allen Lane, London 2002 ISBN 0-713-99343-X