The following obituary for Francis William Sullivan appeared in the Times newspaper.

Obituary in the Times newspaper
Date	Obituary
16 March 1906	ADMIRAL SIR F.W. SULLIVAN Admiral Sir Francis William Sullivan, K.C.B., C.M.G., sixth baronet of Thames Ditton, who died on Sunday at his residence, 14, Seymour-street, Portman-square, after an attack of influenza, was the third son of the Rev. Frederick Sullivan, vicar of Kimpton, Herts, and succeeded his cousin in the baronetcy in 1899. He was born in 1834 and entered the Navy in 1848, serving as a midshipman in the Castor during the Kaffir war, 1851-52, and receiving a medal for that campaign. Being made mate (sub-lieutenant) in 1854, he served in that capacity in the London and the Glatton in the Black Sea during the war with Russia, 1854-55, and received the Crimean, Turkish, and Sardinian medals, with the clasp for Sevastopol. His commission as lieutenant bore date February 22, 1856, and while on service on the West Coast of Africa in 1859 he was promoted to commander. During the Maronite and Druse disturbances on the coast of Syria in 1860-61, he commanded the Greyhound, and promoted to captain in 1863, was senior officer in New Zealand on the outbreak of hostilities there. He organized and commanded the Wai-kato flotilla until the arrival of Sir William Wiseman, the commodore, and, then acted as chief of the staff, being present at the battle of Rangariri and other actions; for these services he received the medal and the C.B. From 1877 to 1878 he was A.D.C. to Queen Victoria, and when commodore at this date on the West Coast of Africa and Cape Station during the Old Colony war received the thanks of both Houses of the Cape Parliament, and the C.M.G. for this service. During the Zulu war, 1878-79, he cooperated with Lord Chelmsford and received the thanks of Sir Bartle Frere, the Zulu medal with clasps, and the K.C.B. In December, 1878, he attained flag rank, and in 1881 was appointed to command a detached squadron with which he joined Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour off Alexandria in July, 1882, and took part in the operations until the conclusion of the war, receiving the Egyptian medal, Khedive's bronze star, and Medjidieh of the Second Class, as well as the thanks of both Houses of Parliament. From August, 1882, until April, 1883, he was second in command of the Channel Fleet, and from the latter date until 1888 Director of Transports. He became vice-admiral in March, 1885, Admiral in August, 1890, and was placed on the retired list in February, 1892. Sir F.W. Sullivan, who married in August, 1861, a daughter of the Hon. Sir Sydney Bell, Chief Justice of the Cape of Good Hope, was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a magistrate for Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. He is succeeded in the baronetcy by his elder son, the Rev. Frederick Sullivan, rector of South Repps, Norfolk, who married in 1901 the Hon. Judith Harbord, maid of honour to Queen Victoria and daughter of Lord Suffield. Commander Richard Sullivan, of the Pandora, is the admiral's second son. The funeral will take place at Kimpton, Herts, at 12.15 to-morrow; a train leaves King’s Cross for Welwyn at 10.32 a.m.