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Captain Alexander Lowndes, C.B., Royal Navy (26 March, 1874 – 20 March, 1921) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Lowndes was promoted to Captain on 30 June, 1913.

he was appointed in command of the battleship Hibernia on 29 August, 1913.^[1]

He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Antrim on 23 July, 1915.^[2]

Lowndes served as captain of Leviathan from August 1916^[3] until being appointed to command the battleship Hercules on 12 February, 1918.^[4]

Browning went to the Admiralty as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel, and Lowndes was appointed his Naval Assistant on 30 March, 1919.^[5]

He was appointed Chief of Staff to Browning, now Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, on 30 September, 1920.^[6]

Lowndes died on 20 March, 1921, in the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, following an operation for carcinoma of the rectum.^[7]

"Captain A. Lowndes, C.B., R.N." (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 23 March, 1921. Issue 42676, col E, p. 13.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Ernest K. Loring	Captain of H.M.S. Hibernia 29 Aug, 1913 – ?	Succeeded by Vernon H. S. Haggard
Preceded by Vincent B. Molteno	Captain of H.M.S. Antrim 23 Jul, 1915 – ?	Succeeded by Victor G. Gurner
Preceded by Marcus R. Hill	Captain of H.M.S. Leviathan Aug, 1916 – ?	Succeeded by Francis M. Austin
Preceded by Henry W. Parker	Captain of H.M.S. Hercules 12 Feb, 1918 – ?	Succeeded by James T. Bush

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