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Clinton-Baker was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 January, 1890.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26007/pages/7553 no. 26007. p. 7553.] 31 December, 1889.</ref> | |||
Clinton-Baker was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1901.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27263/pages/82 no. 27263. p. 82.] 4 January, 1901.</ref> | Clinton-Baker was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1901.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27263/pages/82 no. 27263. p. 82.] 4 January, 1901.</ref> | ||
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Admiral SIR Lewis Clinton-Baker, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.B.E., Royal Navy (16 March, 1866 – 12 December, 1939) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.
Early Life & Career
Clinton-Baker was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 January, 1890.[1]
Clinton-Baker was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1901.[2]
Lionel Dawson, a naval cadet, later recalled that having taught the cadets how to tie a reef knot, Clinton-Baker explained that that was how he always tied his bootlaces.[3]
Great War
When Hercules passed the remains of H.M.S. Invincible and the crew started cheering (under the impression she was a German wreck), Clinton-Baker is alleged to have "called out from the bridge, 'Stop that cheering — that's one of our ships!'"[4]
On 24 January, 1918, Clinton-Baker took up the appointment of Rear-Admiral (M.) in command of minelayers at Grangemouth.[5]
Clinton-Baker was appointed Rear-Admiral in the Second Battle Squadron on 1 April, 1919. On 26 May, 1920, he assumed the office of Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard.[6]
Notes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26007. p. 7553. 31 December, 1889.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27263. p. 82. 4 January, 1901.
- ↑ Dawson. Flotillas. p. 8.
- ↑ Quoted in Baynham. Men from the Dreadnoughts. p. 236.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 9 June, 1921. Issue 42742, col F, pg. 19.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Lewis Clinton-Baker" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 13 December, 1939. Issue 48487, col E, pg. 11.
- Baynham, Henry (1976). Men from the Dreadnoughts. London: Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) Ltd. ISBN 0-09-121380-0.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
| Naval Office | ||
| Preceded by Henry Parker |
In Command, H.M.S. Benbow 1916 – 1917 |
Succeeded by Arthur Waistell |
- 1866 births
- 1939 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1879
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Hercules (1910)
- Commanding officers of H.M.S. Benbow (1913)
- Rear-Admirals in the Second Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Admirals Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard
- Commanders-in-Chief on the East Indies Station
- Admirals Commanding Reserves (Royal Navy)
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
