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Revision as of 13:54, 26 September 2012

Vice-Admiral Richard Wells as Commander in Chief at the Nore in 1896.
Photograph: Navy & Army Illustrated.

Admiral SIR Richard Wells, K.C.B., Royal Navy (3 February, 1833 – 9 October, 1896) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Wells was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 30 October, 1884, vice Brandreth.[1]

Wells was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 6 August, 1890, vice Graham.[2]

Wells was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 11 March, 1896, vice Carpenter.[3] On the occasion of the Queen's birthday he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 20 May.[4]

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 25410. p. 4710. 31 October, 1884.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 26077. p. 4328. 8 August, 1890.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 26722. p. 1744. 17 March, 1896.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 26741. p. 3053. 20 May, 1896.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Richard Wells" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 12 October, 1896. Issue 35019, col C, p. 11.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe
Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station
1888 – 1890
Succeeded by
Henry F. Nicholson
Preceded by
Sir Algernon C. F. Heneage
Commander-in-Chief at the Nore
1894 – 1896
Succeeded by
Henry F. Nicholson

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