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Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford (24 December 1838〔(Australian Dictionary of Biography )〕30 January 1913〔''Who's Who 1914'', p. xxi〕) was Governor of Western Australia from 24 March 1903 to 22 April 1909. ==Naval career== Bedford joined the Royal Navy at the age of 14, and later served in the Crimean War. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station in 1892:〔(William Loney RN )〕 in 1894, Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford was involved in an action against Nana Olomu Chief of Benin. Brohomi was burnt down in 1894 by a combined force of the British Naval Brigade and the Niger Coast Protectorate Force under Sir Frederick Bedford, KCB and the Consul-General Ralph Moor, KCMG. It is believed over 500-600 slaves were freed during the operation. On 22 February 1895, a British naval force, under the command of Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford at the behest of the Royal Niger Company, granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria in 1886, laid siege on Brass, the chief city of the Ljo people of Nembe in Nigeria's Niger Delta. He was appointed Junior Naval Lord in 1889 and Second Naval Lord in 1895 and commander-in-chief of the North America and West Indies Station in 1899, a post he held until June 1902.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bedford, Sir Frederick George Denham, Admiral, 1838-1913... – BED )〕 After becoming Governor in 1903, on 4 June 1907 he officiated at the opening of the Royal Fremantle Golf Club in Western Australia, but it was not until March 1909 that the complete 18 hole course was available. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frederick Bedford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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