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==Life & Career==
 
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Salmon was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 1 July, 1885, vice [[William Montagu Dowell|Dowell]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25490/pages/3240 no. 25490.  p. 3240.]  14 July, 1885.</ref>
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Salmon was appointed [[First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp]] to Queen Victoria on 23 August, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26885/pages/4726 no. 26885.  p. 4726.]  24 August, 1897.</ref>
 
Salmon was appointed [[First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp]] to Queen Victoria on 23 August, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26885/pages/4726 no. 26885.  p. 4726.]  24 August, 1897.</ref>
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
 
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Revision as of 19:09, 28 February 2011

Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon, K.C.B., V.C.
Photograph: Naval and Army Illustrated.

Admiral of the Fleet SIR Nowell Salmon, V.C., G.C.B., Royal Navy (20 February, 1835 – 14 February, 1912) was an officer of the Royal Navy, serving with exceptional distinction in the Indian Mutiny and after fifty-four years of service became one of the most senior officers.

Life & Career

Salmon was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 July, 1885, vice Dowell.[1]

Salmon was appointed First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria on 23 August, 1897.[2]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 25490. p. 3240. 14 July, 1885.
  2. London Gazette: no. 26885. p. 4726. 24 August, 1897.

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Naval Offices
Preceded by
Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton
Commander-in-Chief on the China Station
1887 – 1890
Succeeded by
Sir Frederick W. Richards
Preceded by
The Earl of Clanwilliam
Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
1894 – 1897
Succeeded by
Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart.
Preceded by
Sir Algernon McL. Lyons
First and Principal
Naval Aide-de-Camp

1897 – 1899
Succeeded by
Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart.