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[[Vice-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]] '''Argentine Hugh Alington''', Royal Navy, Retired (10 July, 1876 – | [[Vice-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]] '''Argentine Hugh Alington''', Royal Navy, Retired (10 July, 1876 – 25 March, 1945) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
==Who was Who== | |||
ALINGTON, Vice-Admiral Argentine Hugh | |||
Born 10 July 1876; 2nd s of Admiral Arthur Hildebrand Alington, Swinhope, Binbrook, Lincolnshire; m 1904, Janet Marchant, o d of Howard H. Tooth, CMG, CB; one d ; died 25 March 1945 | |||
JP for Soke of Peterborough; retired | |||
EDUCATION | |||
Kelly College, Tavistock; HMS Britannia, Dartmouth | |||
CAREER | |||
Entered Royal Navy, 1890; 1st sea-going ship, Royal Arthur, as Midshipman; Lieut, 1899; Commander, 1910; Captain, 1916; in action against Zeppelin in N. Sea; Commanded HMS Dragon, present at surrender of German submarines at Harwich, Dragon sent to Hamburg to support Allied Commission; after Armistice Flag Captain to Admiral Hon. Victor Stanley, HMS Resolution, present at scuttling of German Fleet, Scapa Flow; in charge of Naval Personnel, Cambridge University, 1921; Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Adm. Sir Arthur Leveson, HMS Hawkins, China Station, 1922 | |||
RECREATION | |||
Motoring | |||
CLUB | |||
Naval and Military | |||
ADDRESS | |||
Bainton House, Stamford, Lincs. Telegraphic Address: and | |||
Bainton Stamford 227 | |||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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[[Category:1945 deaths|Alington]] | |||
[[Category:Personalities|Alington]] | [[Category:Personalities|Alington]] | ||
[[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Roberts (1915)|Alington]] | [[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Roberts (1915)|Alington]] | ||
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[[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Conquest (1915)|Alington]] | [[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Conquest (1915)|Alington]] | ||
[[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Dragon (1917)|Alington]] | [[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Dragon (1917)|Alington]] | ||
[[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Resolution (1915)|Alington]] | |||
[[Category:Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Hawkins (1917)|Alington]] | |||
[[Category:Royal Navy Vice-Admirals|Alington]] | [[Category:Royal Navy Vice-Admirals|Alington]] | ||
[[Category:Royal Navy Flag Officers|Alington]] | [[Category:Royal Navy Flag Officers|Alington]] | ||
Revision as of 07:47, 14 September 2009
Vice-Admiral Argentine Hugh Alington, Royal Navy, Retired (10 July, 1876 – 25 March, 1945) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Who was Who
ALINGTON, Vice-Admiral Argentine Hugh Born 10 July 1876; 2nd s of Admiral Arthur Hildebrand Alington, Swinhope, Binbrook, Lincolnshire; m 1904, Janet Marchant, o d of Howard H. Tooth, CMG, CB; one d ; died 25 March 1945
JP for Soke of Peterborough; retired
EDUCATION Kelly College, Tavistock; HMS Britannia, Dartmouth
CAREER Entered Royal Navy, 1890; 1st sea-going ship, Royal Arthur, as Midshipman; Lieut, 1899; Commander, 1910; Captain, 1916; in action against Zeppelin in N. Sea; Commanded HMS Dragon, present at surrender of German submarines at Harwich, Dragon sent to Hamburg to support Allied Commission; after Armistice Flag Captain to Admiral Hon. Victor Stanley, HMS Resolution, present at scuttling of German Fleet, Scapa Flow; in charge of Naval Personnel, Cambridge University, 1921; Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to Adm. Sir Arthur Leveson, HMS Hawkins, China Station, 1922
RECREATION Motoring
CLUB Naval and Military
ADDRESS Bainton House, Stamford, Lincs. Telegraphic Address: and Bainton Stamford 227
Footnotes
Bibliography
Service Record
- 1876 births
- 1945 deaths
- Personalities
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Roberts (1915)
- Naval Assistants to the First Sea Lord
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Conquest (1915)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Dragon (1917)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Resolution (1915)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Hawkins (1917)
- Royal Navy Vice-Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
