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Kelly was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1904.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27691/pages/4182 no. 27691.  p. 4182.]  1 July, 1904.</ref>
 
Kelly was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1904.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27691/pages/4182 no. 27691.  p. 4182.]  1 July, 1904.</ref>
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On the occasion of the coronation of King George V, Kelly was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} dated 22 June, 1911.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28505/supplements/4596 (Supplement) no. 28505.  p. 4596.]  19 June, 1911.</ref>
  
 
==Great War==
 
==Great War==

Revision as of 15:12, 14 November 2011

Admiral of the Fleet SIR John Donald Kelly, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., Royal Navy (13 July, 1871 – 4 November, 1936) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1893.[1]

Kelly was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1904.[2]

On the occasion of the coronation of King George V, Kelly was promoted to the rank of Captain dated 22 June, 1911.[3]

Great War

Post-War

Kelly was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1919.[4]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 25 October, 1926, vice Fergusson.[5]

On the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 3 June, 1929.[6]

Kelly was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 12 December, 1930, vice Alexander-Sinclair.[7]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 26471. p. 7581. 29 December, 1893.
  2. London Gazette: no. 27691. p. 4182. 1 July, 1904.
  3. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28505. p. 4596. 19 June, 1911.
  4. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31099. p. 106. 1 January, 1919.
  5. London Gazette: no. 33221. p. 7406. 16 November, 1926.
  6. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33501. p. 3667. 3 June, 1929.
  7. London Gazette: no. 33670. p. 8076. 16 December, 1930.

Bibliography

Service Records


Naval Offices
Preceded by
The Hon. Sir Algernon D. E. H. Boyle
Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport
1924 – 1927
Succeeded by
William W. Fisher
Preceded by
Sir Michael H. Hodges
Second-in-Command,
Mediterranean

1927 – 1929
Succeeded by
W. A. Howard Kelly
Preceded by
Arthur A. M. Duff
Admiral Commanding Reserves
1929 – 1931
Succeeded by
Henry W. Parker
Preceded by
Sir Michael H. Hodges
Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet
19 – 1933
Succeeded by
Sir William H. D. Boyle
Preceded by
Sir Arthur K. Waistell
Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
1933 – 1936
Succeeded by
Sir William W. Fisher
Preceded by
Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart.
First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King
1934 – 1936
Succeeded by
The Rt. Hon. Earl of Cork and Orrery