Admiral Sir William Fane de Salis, (21 July 1858 – 23 January 1939) was a Royal Navy admiral during the early years of the First World War.
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Background
A nephew of William Fane de Salis and third of the four sons of Rev. Henry Jerome Fane De Salis of Portnall Park (the seventh son of the 4th Count de Salis), his brothers were Rodolph Fane De Salis, Cecil Fane De Salis and Charles Fane De Salis.
Naval career
de Salis entered the Royal Navy, HMS Britannia, in 1871; and served in the Niger (1886) and the Ogaden Somali expeditions (1901). After promotion to captain on 30 June 1901, he was on 5 September 1902 appointed in command of the ironclad HMS Orion, depot-ship for at Malta for torpedo-boats in the Mediterranean Fleet.
He was naval ADC to Kings Edward VII and George V, 1909-1910, was promoted to rear-admiral in 1911, and retired from the navy in 1913. He served as a captain in the Royal Naval Reserve's Yacht Patrol, 6 March 1915 – 1916; Vice-Admiral, Head of Mission to Portugal, 9 June 1916.
He served on the following: HMS Russell; HMS Jupiter; HMS Revenge; HMS Gladiator; HMS Blake; HMS Juno; HMS Mersey; HMS Scout; HMS Haughty; and HMTB 87.