Vice Admiral Sir Henry Karslake Kitson KBE, CB (22 June 1877 – 19 February 1952) was a Royal Navy officer who commanded the 3rd Battle Squadron.
Kitson joined the Royal Navy in 1891[1] and served in World War I. He was made Commander of 3rd Battle Squadron in 1929[2] and then Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard in 1931 before retiring as a vice-admiral in 1933.[1][3] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1929 Birthday Honours[4] and a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1935 Birthday Honours.[5]
He also served in World War II as Flag Officer, Coast of Cornwall from 1940 until 1942.[1]
In 1926, he married Marjorie de Pass, daughter of Sir Eliot Arthur de Pass. His brother-in-law Frank de Pass was the first Jewish recipient of the Victoria Cross.[6]
They had two sons, including Sir Frank Kitson.[6]