Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair

Admiral Sir Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair GCB, MVO
Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, as sketched by Francis Dodd.
Birth name	Edwyn Sinclair Sinclair
Born	(1865-12-12)12 December 1865 Malta
Died	13 November 1945(1945-11-13) (aged 79) Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, Scotland
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1879–1930
Rank	Admiral
Commands	HMS Albatross (1902–04) HMS Surprise (1904–05) Royal Naval College, Osborne (1905–08) HMS Victory (1911–13) HMS Temeraire (1913–15) 1st Light Cruiser Squadron (1915–17) 6th Light Cruiser Squadron (1917–20) 1st Battle Squadron, Atlantic Fleet (1922–24) China Station (1925–26) Nore Command (1927–30)
Battles/wars	First World War Battle of Jutland Estonian War of Independence
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Member of the Royal Victorian Order Mentioned in dispatches Order of St. Vladimir, Third Class with Swords (Russia)

Admiral Sir Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, GCB, MVO (born Alexander; 12 December 1865 – 13 November 1945) was a Scottish Royal Navy officer, notable for firing the first shots of the Battle of Jutland, and for leading a squadron of light cruisers in the Baltic to support independence of Estonia and Latvia in 1918 to 1919.^[1]