Slade, Admiral Sir Edmond John Warre

Admiral Sir Edmond John Warre Slade (b.20 Mar 1859-d.20 Jan 1928), Commander of the Royal Naval War College (1904-1907), Director of Naval Intelligence (1909) CIC East Indes (1912) and then sent by Churchill to investigate purchasing a stake in the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (now BP). He became a Government-appointed director of BP. He retired in Aug 1917 but remained a director of Anglo-Persian until his death. In 1887 he married Florence Madeleine, eldest daughter of Mr James Carr Saunders of Milton Heath, Dorking and had two daughters.