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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Llewellyn Styles Dawson|nick=Llewellyn S. Dawson|appt=1 October, 1876|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Llewellyn Styles Dawson|nick=Llewellyn S. Dawson|appt=1 October, 1876|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Staff {{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Henry Rendle Harris|nick=Henry R. Harris|appt=3 February, 1874|end=7 November, 1893{{NMI|Monday, Oct 30, 1893; pg. 7; Issue 34095}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Staff {{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Henry Rendle Harris|nick=Henry R. Harris|appt=3 February, 1874|end=7 November, 1893{{NMI|Monday, Oct 30, 1893; pg. 7; Issue 34095}}}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Oswald Tylston Hodgson|nick=Oswald T. Hodgson|appt=20 January, 1920|end=5 July, 1920}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Oswald Tylston Hodgson|nick=Oswald T. Hodgson|appt=20 January, 1920|end=5 July, 1920}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Wills Tinson|nick=Charles W. Tinson|appt=28 October, 1925|end=4 August, 1926|note=became ill with career-ending lung condition}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Wills Tinson|nick=Charles W. Tinson|appt=28 October, 1925|end=4 August, 1926|note=became ill with career-ending lung condition}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alfred Frederick Bell Woodhouse|nick=Alfred F. B. Woodhouse|appt=14 March, 1928<ref>Woodhouse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/28.|}} f. 28.</ref>|end=11 January, 1947<ref>Woodhouse Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/28.|}} f. 28.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Horace Victor Silk|nick=Horace V. Silk|appt=8 February, 1929<ref>Silk Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/176.|}} f. 533.</ref>|end=1 January, 1934<ref>Silk Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/176.|}} f. 533.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Perfect Meredith Lewes|nick=Arthur P. M. Lewes|appt=4 August, 1926|end=19 April, 1934|note=temporarily, initially, while Tinson was ill}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Perfect Meredith Lewes|nick=Arthur P. M. Lewes|appt=4 August, 1926|end=19 April, 1934|note=temporarily, initially, while Tinson was ill}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Patrick Stewart Erskine Maxwell|nick=Patrick S. E. Maxwell|appt=11 July, 1931|end=15 April, 1936}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Patrick Stewart Erskine Maxwell|nick=Patrick S. E. Maxwell|appt=11 July, 1931|end=15 April, 1936}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Archibald Day|nick=Archibald Day|appt=28 December, 1936|end=11 January, 1937}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Archibald Day|nick=Archibald Day|appt=28 December, 1936|end=11 January, 1937}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=John Dodd Nares|nick=John D. Nares|appt=1 August, 1940<ref>Nares Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>|end=14 January, 1942<ref>Nares Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>|note=serving in rank of Commander}} | {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=John Dodd Nares|nick=John D. Nares|appt=1 August, 1940<ref>Nares Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>|end=14 January, 1942<ref>Nares Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>|note=serving in rank of Commander}} | ||
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==Directors of Navigation== | ==Directors of Navigation== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Wittewronge Clayton|nick=John W. Clayton|appt=1933<ref>"Rear-Admiral J. W. Clayton" (Obituaries). ''The Times''. Saturday, 17 May, 1952. Issue '''52314''', col E, pg. 8.</ref>|end=2 October, 1935<ref>Superseded that day. Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Wittewronge Clayton|nick=John W. Clayton|appt=1933<ref>"Rear-Admiral J. W. Clayton" (Obituaries). ''The Times''. Saturday, 17 May, 1952. Issue '''52314''', col E, pg. 8.</ref>|end=2 October, 1935<ref>Superseded that day. Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Gordon Benn|nick=William G. Benn|appt=2 October, 1935<ref>Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>|end=2 July, 1938<ref>Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Gordon Benn|nick=William G. Benn|appt=2 October, 1935<ref>Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>|end=2 July, 1938<ref>Benn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Eric Morgan|nick=Charles E. Morgan|appt=18 June, 1938<ref>Morgan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/139.|}} f. 504.</ref>|end=October, 1940<ref>Morgan Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/139.|}} f. 504.</ref>|note=vice Benn}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ronald George Bowes-Lyon|nick=Ronald G. Bowes-Lyon|appt=15 October, 1940<ref>Bowes-Lyon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/174.|}} f. 174.</ref>|end=12 August, 1942<ref>Bowes-Lyon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/174.|}} f. 174.</ref>|note=vice Morgan}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:58, 22 March 2023
Contents
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, 1829 – 1855
- Rear-Admiral John Washington, 1855 – 1863
- Vice-Admiral Sir George H. Richards, 1863 – 1874
- Captain Sir Frederick J. O. Evans, 1874 – 1884
- Rear-Admiral Sir William J. L. Wharton, 1 August, 1884[1] – 31 July, 1904[2]
- Captain Arthur M. Field, 1 August, 1904[3] – 1909
- Rear-Admiral Herbert E. Purey-Cust, 16 August, 1909[4] – 31 August, 1914[5]
- Rear-Admiral Sir John F. Parry, 31 August, 1914[6] – 1 September, 1919[7]
- Rear-Admiral Frederick C. Learmonth, 1 September, 1919[8] – 1924
- Rear-Admiral Henry P. Douglas, 1 October, 1924 – 1 October, 1932
- Vice-Admiral John A. Edgell, 1 October, 1932[9] – 1945
- Rear-Admiral Arthur G. N. Wyatt, 1945 – 1950
Assistant Hydrographers
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Herbert E. Purey-Cust, 1 October, 1907[10] – 16 August, 1909[11]
- Captain Charles E. Monro, 6 September, 1909 – 17 November, 1909 (temporary)
- Captain Charles E. Monro, 14 December, 1909[12] – April, 1910
- Captain John F. Parry, 28 April, 1910[13]
- Captain Philip Nelson-Ward, 11 December, 1912[14] – 1916[15]
- Captain Ernest C. Hardy, 1 September, 1914 – 1 February, 1919
- Captain Henry P. Douglas, 1 February, 1919[16] (this may be Naval Assistant to the Hydrographer)
- Rear-Admiral Robert W. Glennie, 1 August, 1921[17] – 1 September, 1924[18]
- Captain John D. Nares, 1 September, 1924[19] – 23 February, 1928[20]
- Captain John D. Nares, 24 January, 1930[21]
- Captain John A. Edgell, 29 May, 1931 – 1 October, 1932
- Captain Arthur L. Jackson, 1 October, 1932[22] – 20 July, 1936[23] (vice Edgell)
- Captain Edward F. B. Law, 6 July, 1936 – 6 March, 1939
- Captain Arthur L. Jackson, – 10 February, 1942[24] (medically unfit at end)
- Vice-Admiral (retired) John D. Nares, 14 January, 1942[25] – 14 June, 1945[26] (serving in rank of Captain)
The overlap between Hardy and Nelson-Ward should be examined.
Chief Civil Assistant to the Hydrographer
Dates of appointment given:
- Fleet Paymaster George W. Underhill, – 18 June, 1897[27]
- Commander George C. Frederick, 18 June, 1897[28]
There seem to have been multiple men in this role at any given time, and so we do not link them in chains of succession at the foot of each man's page.
- Lieutenant Llewellyn S. Dawson, 1 October, 1876
- Staff Captain (retired) Henry R. Harris, 3 February, 1874 – 7 November, 1893[29]
- Commander George Pirie, 7 November, 1893[30] – 1 July, 1894
- Commander Morris H. Smyth, 1 July, 1894 – 1 July, 1897
- Captain (retired) Cecil F. Oldham, 1 July, 1897 – 4 September, 1904
- Commander Robert W. Glennie, 1 April, 1904[31] – 1 February, 1905[32]
- Lieutenant Vivian R. Brandon, 12 June, 1906 – 26 September, 1906
- Captain (retired) Lewis F. Blackburn, 8 July, 1907 – 15 January, 1909
- Commander Guy M. Marston, 2 January, 1908 – 10 November, 1910
- Commander (retired) Philip C. Pearson, 11 February, 1908 – 11 October, 1914
- Lieutenant Vivian R. Brandon, 18 March, 1909 – 11 May, 1909
- Lieutenant-Commander Vivian R. Brandon, 11 July, 1910 – 27 January, 1911
- Captain Robert W. Glennie, 7 November, 1913[33][34] – 16 December, 1913[35]
- Commander John D. Nares, 1 March, 1914[36] – 17 February, 1915[37]
- Commander Oswald T. Hodgson, 21 February, 1915 – 28 January, 1916 (temporary until 9 July, 1915)
- Captain (retired) Arthur W. Torlesse, 24 February, 1917[38] – 1 May, 1919[39]
- Commander Edward B. Cloete, 19 June, 1918 – 6 May, 1920
- Commander Oswald T. Hodgson, 20 January, 1920 – 5 July, 1920
- Captain Charles W. Tinson, 28 October, 1925 – 4 August, 1926 (became ill with career-ending lung condition)
- Lieutenant-Commander Alfred F. B. Woodhouse, 14 March, 1928[40] – 11 January, 1947[41]
- Lieutenant-Commander Horace V. Silk, 8 February, 1929[42] – 1 January, 1934[43]
- Captain Arthur P. M. Lewes, 4 August, 1926 – 19 April, 1934 (temporarily, initially, while Tinson was ill)
- Commander Patrick S. E. Maxwell, 11 July, 1931 – 15 April, 1936
- Captain Sidney A. Geary Hill, 15 December, 1927[44] – 5 August, 1943[45] (this was extended repeatedly)
- Commander Archibald Day, 28 December, 1936 – 11 January, 1937
- Vice-Admiral John D. Nares, 1 August, 1940[46] – 14 January, 1942[47] (serving in rank of Commander)
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles H. Fforde, 4 July, 1942[48] – 6 November, 1944[49] (vice Henderson, Fforde died in this appointment)
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Philip Nelson-Ward, 11 December, 1912[50]
- Captain John A. Webster, 8 August, 1916[51] – 1 August, 1919
- Captain John E. T. Harper, 1 August, 1919[52] – 15 November, 1921[53]
- Captain Frederick P. Loder-Symonds, 15 November, 1921[54] – 30 November, 1923[55]
- Captain Arthur C. Strutt, 30 November, 1923[Inference] – 30 November, 1925
- Captain Alfred H. Norman, 30 November, 1925 – 30 November, 1927
- Captain Oswald H. Dawson, 30 November, 1927[56]
- Captain Kenelm E. L. Creighton, January, 1930[57] – 11 January, 1932[58]
- Captain John W. Clayton, 1933[59] – 2 October, 1935[60]
- Captain William G. Benn, 2 October, 1935[61] – 2 July, 1938[62]
- Captain Charles E. Morgan, 18 June, 1938[63] – October, 1940[64] (vice Benn)
- Captain Ronald G. Bowes-Lyon, 15 October, 1940[65] – 12 August, 1942[66] (vice Morgan)
Superintendents of Charts
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Frederick C. Learmonth, 24 April, 1908[67]
- Commander Henry P. Douglas, 11 July, 1910 – 11 February, 1915
- Commander John D. Nares, 17 February, 1915[68] – 1 September, 1917[69]
- Commander John A. Edgell, 1 September, 1917 – 1 November, 1920
- Captain John D. Nares, 1 November, 1920[70][71] – 1 March, 1923[72]
- Captain John A. Edgell, 1 March, 1923 – 1 April, 1925
- Commander Francis E. B. Haselfoot, 1 April, 1925[73] – 26 April, 1927[74]
- Commander Patrick S. E. Maxwell, 26 April, 1927 – 8 February, 1929
Footnotes
- ↑ Wharton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/212. f. 211.
- ↑ Wharton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/212. f. 211.
- ↑ Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 456.
- ↑ Purey-Cust Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 277.
- ↑ Purey-Cust Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 277.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 169.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 169.
- ↑ Learmonth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 346.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 532.
- ↑ Purey-Cust Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 277.
- ↑ Purey-Cust Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 277.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 14 January, 1910. Issue 39169, col C, p. 4.
- ↑ Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 169.
- ↑ Nelson-Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 190/378.
- ↑ Nelson-Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 190/378.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 1818.
- ↑ Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
- ↑ Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
- ↑ Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
- ↑ Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
- ↑ Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
- ↑ Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/113. f. 110.
- ↑ Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/113. f. 110.
- ↑ Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/113. f. 110.
- ↑ Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
- ↑ Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
- ↑ Frederick Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/38/411. f. 483.
- ↑ Frederick Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/38/411. f. 483.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Oct 30, 1893; pg. 7; Issue 34095.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Oct 30, 1893; pg. 7; Issue 34095.
- ↑ Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
- ↑ Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
- ↑ Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 357.
- ↑ Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
- ↑ Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
- ↑ Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
- ↑ Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. D7579004 ADM 196/39/547. f. 1312.
- ↑ Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. D7579004 ADM 196/39/547. f. 1312.
- ↑ Woodhouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Woodhouse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Silk Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/176. f. 533.
- ↑ Silk Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/176. f. 533.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
- ↑ Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
- ↑ Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
- ↑ Fforde Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/129. ff. 62, 182.
- ↑ Fforde Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/129. ff. 62, 182.
- ↑ Nelson-Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 378.
- ↑ Schofield. p. 190.
- ↑ Harper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 507.
- ↑ Harper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 507.
- ↑ Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
- ↑ Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
- ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
- ↑ Creighton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/141. f. 345.
- ↑ Creighton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/141. f. 345.
- ↑ "Rear-Admiral J. W. Clayton" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 17 May, 1952. Issue 52314, col E, pg. 8.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
- ↑ Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
- ↑ Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
- ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/139. f. 504.
- ↑ Morgan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/139. f. 504.
- ↑ Bowes-Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/174. f. 174.
- ↑ Bowes-Lyon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/174. f. 174.
- ↑ Learmonth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 346.
- ↑ Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
- ↑ Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
- ↑ Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 1818.
- ↑ Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
- ↑ Haselfoot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/100. f. 220.
- ↑ Haselfoot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/100. f. 220.
Bibliography
- Clowes, Sir Wm. Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria. Vol. VII. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited.
- Day, Vice-Admiral Sir Archibald (1967). The Admiralty Hydrographic Service 1795-1919. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office.
- Schofield, Vice-Admiral B. B. (1977). Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. Havant: Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd. ISBN 0859370879.
