Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford, GCB, GCVO (24 December 1838 – 30 January 1913)[1] was a senior Royal Navy officer and Governor of Western Australia from 24 March 1903 to 22 April 1909.

After a spell as captain of the cadet training ship HMS Britannia, he joined the Board of Admiralty as Junior Naval Lord in December 1889, serving until August 1892.

[5] In 1899 Bedford was appointed commander-in-chief of the North America and West Indies Station, serving with the flagship HMS Crescent.

[6][7] He held the North America post until 15 July 1902, when he was succeeded by Vice Admiral Sir Archibald Douglas, and left homebound with the Crescent.

[8][9] Following the succession of King Edward VII, Bedford was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 1902 Coronation Honours published on 26 June 1902,[10][11] and received the insignia in an investiture on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert outside Cowes on 15 August 1902,[12] the day before the fleet review held there to mark the coronation.

[15] Bedford was announced as Governor of Western Australia in early January 1903,[3] appointed later the same month,[16] and formally took up the post on arriving there on 24 March 1903.

[18] The couple's son was Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Edward Frederick Bedford, who married Miss Gladys Mort of Sydney, Australia.