Biography of Frank Alexander Garforth 1859-1901
On 29 Jun 1883 Frank Alexander Garforth (age 24) was promoted to Lieutenant.
On 31 Dec 1896 Frank Alexander Garforth (age 37) was promoted to Commander.
In Jul 1900 Frank Alexander Garforth (age 41) incurred Their Lordships' displeasure by exhibiting an absence of seamanlike precautions in use of a hawser aboard the second class battleship Conqueror, which caused several men to be injured.
After 1901. Cross in the churchyard at the Church of the Holy Cross, Gilling East [Map] to various members of the Duff family and their descendants: [his grandfather] Major George Duff, [his grandmother] Janet Barnes (sister of Rector Reverend James Alexander Barnes), [his half-brother] George Ernest Garforth, Frank Alexander Garforth (age 41)
Major George Duff: On 29 Sep 1799 he was born to Captain Patrick Duff. Before 21 Jan 1848 he and Janet Barnes were married. On 21 Jan 1848 he died at Weisbaden.
Janet Barnes: On 25 Jan 1800 she was born to John Barnes. On 30 Jan 1880 she died.
George Ernest Garforth: he was born to William Francis Willoughby Garforth of Wiganthorpe in Yorkshire.
On 07 Nov 1901 Frank Alexander Garforth (age 42) drowned while in command of the guardship H.M.S. Hotspur at Bermuda. He was found to have fallen into the sea, but "no evidence exists to shew how he got there." He was buried at the Royal Naval Cemetery, Ireland Island, Sandys Parish, Bermuda.
GrandFather: Francis Garforth
Father: William Francis Willoughby Garforth of Wiganthorpe in Yorkshire