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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Rear-Admiral Commanding, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleet]]'''<br>1909 – 1910 | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Rear-Admiral Commanding, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleet]]'''<br>1909 – 1910 | ||
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Arthur Henry Limpus|Arthur H. Limpus]]''' | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Arthur Henry Limpus|Arthur H. Limpus]]''' | ||
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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Frederick Sidney Pelham|Frederick S. Pelham]]''' | |||
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[Gibraltar|Senior Officer and Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar]]'''<br>1912 – 1915 | |||
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|Heathcoat S. Grant]]''' | |||
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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Stanley Cecil James Colville|The Hon. Sir Stanley C. J. Colville]]''' | |||
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands]]'''<br>1916 – 1918 | |||
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Herbert Goodenough King-Hall|Sir Herbert G. King-Hall]]''' | |||
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Revision as of 10:15, 8 December 2010
Admiral SIR Frederic Edward Errington Brock, G.B.E., K.C.M.G., C.B., Royal Navy (15 October, 1854 – 1 November, 1929) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Brock relieved Rear-Admiral Paul Bush as Rear-Admiral Commanding the Portsmouth Division, Home Fleet on 17 November, 1909.[1]
Brock was promoted to the rank of Admiral vice Callaghan on 2 April, 1917.[2]
Brock was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 25 August, 1918.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ Hazell's Annual, 1910. p. 199.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30008. p. 3206. 3 April, 1917.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30881. p. 1039. 3 September, 1918.
Bibliography
- "Sir Frederic Brock" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 4 November, 1929. Issue 45351, col B, pg. 14.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/38.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/19.
| Naval Offices | ||
| Preceded by Paul W. Bush |
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleet 1909 – 1910 |
Succeeded by Arthur H. Limpus |
| Preceded by Frederick S. Pelham |
Senior Officer and Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar 1912 – 1915 |
Succeeded by Heathcoat S. Grant |
| Preceded by The Hon. Sir Stanley C. J. Colville |
Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands 1916 – 1918 |
Succeeded by Sir Herbert G. King-Hall |
Categories:
- 1854 births
- 1929 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of September, 1868
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Highflyer (1898)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Donegal (1902)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Triumph (1903)
- Commodores, Devonport Royal Naval Barracks
- Rear-Admirals Commanding, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleet (Royal Navy)
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
