Edmond Slade
| Sir Edmond Slade | |
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| Born | 20 March 1859 |
| Died | 20 January 1928 (aged 68) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
Cocktrice HMS Algerine HMS Diana East Indies Station |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
Admiral Sir Edmond John Warre Slade KCIE KCVO (20 March 1859 – 20 January 1928) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Director of Naval Intelligence. His daughter Madeline Slade was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.
Born the son of Rev George Fitzclarence Slade (1831–1904) (a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and the 11th son of General Sir John Slade), Edmond Slade joined the Royal Navy in 1872. He was appointed to HMS Northumberland as a midshipman in 1874. Promoted to Sub-Lieutenant in 1878, Lieutenant in 1879 and Commander in 1894, he commanded Cocktrice, a paddle gunboat stationed in the Danube to represent Great Britain on the Danube Commission in January 1895.
In 1898 he commanded the sloop HMS Algerine in China. Promoted to Captain in December 1899, he commanded the cruiser HMS Diana in the Mediterranean from April 1902. When the King visited Malta in 1903 Slade was appointed MVO. He was made Commander of the Royal Naval War College in 1904 and Director of Naval Intelligence in 1907.
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