Harry Stileman

Rear-Admiral Sir Harry Hampson Stileman, KBE (7 August 1860[1] – 28 October 1938) was a British Royal Navy officer who also served as Director of Dr Barnardo's Homes from 1920 to 1923.

He joined the Royal Navy as a naval cadet in January 1874 and was promoted midshipman in March 1876, being appointed to the screw sloop HMS Dryad on the North American Station.

In July 1882 he joined the paddle-wheel despatch vessel HMS Salamis and served in the 1882 Egyptian Campaign.

He retired in September 1909 and was appointed Captain-Superintendent of the Watts Naval School at Elmham, Norfolk, which was owned by Dr Barnardo's Homes.

An enthusiastic Evangelical Christian like his father and brother, he later became Lay Deputation Secretary with the Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society.