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[[Category:1865 births|Luard]]
 
[[Category:1865 births|Luard]]

Revision as of 20:08, 17 July 2012

Admiral John Scott Luard, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (26 June, 1865 – 5 March, 1936) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Luard was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 24 August, 1887.[1]

Luard was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 April, 1899.[2]

Captain

Luard was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1905.[3]

He was appointed to H.M.S. Exmouth as Flag Captain on 7 October, 1908.[4]

Great War

Luard was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 April, 1917, and placed on the Retired List the following day.[5]

On the occasion of the King's birthday he 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 3 June, 1918.[6]

He was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 26 November, 1920,[7] and to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 24 November, 1925.[8]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 25735. p. 4778. 2 September, 1887.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27099. p. 4345. 14 July, 1899.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27812. p. 4557. 30 June, 1905.
  4. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 2 October, 1908. Issue 38767, col B, pg. 6.
  5. ↑ London Gazette: no. 30008. p. 3206. 3 April, 1917.
  6. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30723. p. 6527. 3 June, 1918.
  7. ↑ London Gazette: no. 32166. p. 12399. 17 December, 1920.
  8. ↑ London Gazette: no. 33110. p. 7950. 1 December, 1925.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral J. S. Luard" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 6 March, 1936. Issue 47316, col B, pg. 16.

Service Records


Naval Appointments

 

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