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| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#CEDFF2" | '''Naval Offices'''
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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Rudolf Walter Bentinck|Rudolf W. Bentinck]]'''
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| '''[[Royal Naval College, Osborne|Captain of the Royal Naval College, Osborne]]'''<br>1913 &ndash; 1914
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Henry FitzRoy George Talbot|Henry F. G. Talbot]]'''
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[[Category:1869 births|Holmes-à-Court]]
[[Category:1869 births|Holmes-à-Court]]

Revision as of 12:15, 27 October 2011

Vice-Admiral THE HONOURABLE Herbert Edward Holmes-à-Court, Royal Navy, Retired (16 February, 1869 – 21 October, 1934) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 26 June, 1902.[1]

Holmes-à-Court was appointed to President on 1 September, 1907, for duty with the Inspector of Target Practice.[2] He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December.[3]

Holmes-à-Court was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on the Retired List on 10 February, 1919.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27448. p. 4198. 26 June, 1902.
  2. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 29 August, 1907. Issue 38424, col C, pg. 4.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28096. p. 34. 3 January, 1908.
  4. ↑ London Gazette: no. 31201. p. 2738. 25 February, 1919.

Bibliography

  • "Vice-Admiral Holmes-à-Court" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 25 October, 1934. Issue 46894, col B, pg. 17.

Service Records


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Rudolf W. Bentinck 		Captain of the Royal Naval College, Osborne
1913 – 1914 		Succeeded by
Henry F. G. Talbot
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