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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>
==Captain==
He was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1906.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27927/pages/4466 no. 27927.  p. 4466.]  29 June, 1906.</ref>


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.<ref>Dawson.  ''Flotillas''.  p. 8.</ref>
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.<ref>Dawson.  ''Flotillas''.  p. 8.</ref>

Revision as of 16:14, 25 April 2011

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]

Captain

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1906.[3]

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.[4]

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!'"[5]

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 19 August, 1917, vice Mundy.[6]

On 24 January, 1918, Clinton-Baker took up the appointment of Rear-Admiral (M.) in command of minelayers at Grangemouth.[7]

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.[8]

Post-War

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 July, 1922, vice Dampier.[9]

Clinton-Baker was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 8 November, 1926, vice Stanley.[10] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 August, 1927.[11]

Notes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26007. p. 7553. 31 December, 1889.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27263. p. 82. 4 January, 1901.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27927. p. 4466. 29 June, 1906.
  4. ↑ Dawson. Flotillas. p. 8.
  5. ↑ Quoted in Baynham. Men from the Dreadnoughts. p. 236.
  6. ↑ London Gazette: no. 30248. p. 8703. 24 August, 1917.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 6.
  8. ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 9 June, 1921. Issue 42742, col F, pg. 19.
  9. ↑ London Gazette: no. 32728. p. 5201. 11 July, 1922.
  10. ↑ London Gazette: no. 33222. p. 7477. 19 November, 1926.
  11. ↑ London Gazette: no. 33300. p. 5105. 5 August, 1927.

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


Naval Office
Preceded by
Henry Parker 		In Command, H.M.S. Benbow
1916 – 1917 		Succeeded by
Arthur Waistell
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