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==Commanders-in-Chief, Portsmouth== | ==Commanders-in-Chief, Portsmouth== | ||
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− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Alfred Phillipps Ryder|nick=Alfred P. Ryder|appt=1879{{INF}}}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby|nick=Sir Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby|appt=28 November, 1882{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=George Ommanney Willes|nick=Sir George O. Willes|appt=28 November, 1885{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=John Edmund Commerell|nick=Sir John E. Commerell|appt=20 June, 1888{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Richard James Meade, Fourth Earl of Clanwilliam|nick=The Right Honourable The Earl of Clanwilliam|appt=22 June, 1891{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Nowell Salmon|nick=Sir Nowell Salmon|appt=22 June, 1894{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Third Baronet|nick=Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart.|appt=3 August, 1897{{ClowesVII|p. 85}}}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank={{FleetRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Hotham|nick=Sir Charles F. Hotham|appt=3 October, 1900<ref>Hotham Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36.}} f. 636.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=John Arbuthnot Fisher, First Baron Fisher|nick=Sir John A. Fisher|appt=31 August, 1903<ref>Fisher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/15.}} f. 9.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Archibald Lucius Douglas|nick=Sir Archibald L. Douglas|appt=20 October, 1904<ref>"Important Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 20 June, 1904. Issue '''37425''', col A, p. 10.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Day Hort Bosanquet|nick=Sir Day H. Bosanquet|appt=9 February, 1907<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Saturday, 9 February, 1907. Issue '''38252''', col B, p. 9.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral of the Fleet|name=Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe|nick=Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe|appt=23 March, 1908<ref>Fanshawe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 443.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Assheton Gore Curzon-Howe|nick=The Honourable Sir Assheton G. Curzon-Howe|appt=30 April, 1910<ref>Curzon-Howe Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 275.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Arthur William Moore|nick=Sir Arthur W. Moore|appt=13 March, 1911<ref>Moore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 1296/39.}} f. 915.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral of the Fleet|name=Hedworth Meux|nick=The Honourable Sir Hedworth Meux|appt=30 July, 1912<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 16 July, 1912. Issue '''39952''', col D, p. 13.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Stanley Cecil James Colville|nick=The Honourable Sir Stanley C. J. Colville|appt=17 February, 1916{{NLNov18|p. 2}}}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Sir Cecil Burney, Bart.|appt=31 March, 1919<ref>"Naval Command Changes" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 27 March, 1919. Issue '''42059''', col F, p. 13.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe|nick=The Honourable Sir Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe|appt=28 April, 1920<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 28 April, 1920. Issue '''42396''', col G, p. 6.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Sydney Robert Fremantle|nick=Sir Sydney R. Fremantle|appt=28 April, 1923<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Saturday, 28 April, 1923. Issue '''43327''', col G, p. 15.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|nick=Sir Osmond de B. Brock|appt=28 April, 1926<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 28 April, 1926. Issue '''44257''', col E, p. 10.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank={{FleetRN}}|name=Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|nick=Sir Roger J. B. Keyes, Bart.|appt=29 April, 1929<ref>"Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Monday, 29 April, 1929. Issue '''45189''', col E, p. 21.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Arthur Kipling Waistell|nick=Sir Arthur K. Waistell|appt=9 June, 1931<ref>"Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 9 June, 1931. Issue '''45844''', col C, p. 20.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=John Donald Kelly|nick=Sir John D. Kelly|appt=17 January, 1934<ref>"Portsmouth Command Change" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Saturday, 17 June, 1933. Issue '''46473''', col F, p. 12.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=William Wordsworth Fisher|nick=Sir William W. Fisher|appt=13 July, 1936<ref>Fisher Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 231.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral of the Fleet|name=William Henry Dudley Boyle, Twelfth Earl of Cork and Orrery|nick=The Right Hon. The Earl of Cork and Orrery|appt=3 July, 1937<ref>"Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Saturday, 3 July, 1937. Issue '''47727''', col F, p. 14.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=William Milbourne James|nick=Sir William M. James|appt=30 June, 1939<ref>"Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Friday, 17 February, 1939. Issue '''48232''', col F, p. 4.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Charles James Colebrooke Little|nick=Sir Charles J. C. Little|appt=1942}} | |
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− | <div name=fredbot:office1 | + | <div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Flag Captain, [[Portsmouth Station]]" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Flag Captain, [[Portsmouth Station]]}} |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wollaston Comyns Karslake|nick=Wollaston C. Karslake|appt=19 February, 1894{{NLMar96|p. 268''g''}}}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Henry May|nick=William H. May|appt=13 March, 1897<ref>May Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 860.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman|nick=Francis C. B. Bridgeman|appt=10 August, 1897<ref>Bridgeman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}} f. 167.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Pitcairn Jones|nick=Edward P. Jones|appt=3 October, 1900{{NLMay02|p. 310}}}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Keith Arbuthnot, Fourth Baronet|nick=Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot|appt=21 May, 1903<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 202.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Fortescue Phillimore|nick=Richard F. Phillimore|appt=20 May, 1905<ref>Phillimore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 29<sup><u>a</u></sup></ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore|nick=A. Gordon H. W. Moore|appt=8 February, 1907<ref>Moore Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 64.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Henry Baker-Baker|nick=William H. Baker-Baker|appt=12 August, 1907<ref>Baker-Baker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 118.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmond Hyde Parker|nick=E. Hyde Parker|appt=23 March, 1908<ref>Parker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 2.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John de Mestre Hutchison|nick=John de M. Hutchison|appt=30 April, 1910<ref>Hutchison Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 132.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|nick=Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair|appt=24 March, 1911<ref>Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 361.</ref>}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Greville Arthur Wellington Stapleton-Cotton|nick=Richard G. A. W. Stapleton-Cotton|appt=1 September, 1913{{NLDec14|p. 390}}}} | |
+ | {{TenureListEnd}} | ||
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Revision as of 18:43, 13 May 2014
The Portsmouth Station was one of the three Home Ports of the Royal Navy. It encompassed Portsmouth Royal Dockyard and ships not attached to other fleets. Command-in-Chief of the port command was usually vested in an Admiral.
Commanders-in-Chief, Portsmouth
Dates of appointment given:
- Admiral Alfred P. Ryder, 1879[Inference]
- Admiral Sir Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby, 28 November, 1882[1]
- Admiral Sir George O. Willes, 28 November, 1885[2]
- Admiral Sir John E. Commerell, 20 June, 1888[3]
- Admiral The Right Honourable The Earl of Clanwilliam, 22 June, 1891[4]
- Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon, 22 June, 1894[5]
- Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bart., 3 August, 1897[6]
- Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles F. Hotham, 3 October, 1900[7]
- Admiral Sir John A. Fisher, 31 August, 1903[8]
- Admiral Sir Archibald L. Douglas, 20 October, 1904[9]
- Admiral Sir Day H. Bosanquet, 9 February, 1907[10]
- Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe, 23 March, 1908[11]
- Admiral The Honourable Sir Assheton G. Curzon-Howe, 30 April, 1910[12]
- Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore, 13 March, 1911[13]
- Admiral of the Fleet The Honourable Sir Hedworth Meux, 30 July, 1912[14]
- Admiral The Honourable Sir Stanley C. J. Colville, 17 February, 1916[15]
- Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, Bart., 31 March, 1919[16]
- Admiral The Honourable Sir Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe, 28 April, 1920[17]
- Admiral Sir Sydney R. Fremantle, 28 April, 1923[18]
- Admiral Sir Osmond de B. Brock, 28 April, 1926[19]
- Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger J. B. Keyes, Bart., 29 April, 1929[20]
- Admiral Sir Arthur K. Waistell, 9 June, 1931[21]
- Admiral Sir John D. Kelly, 17 January, 1934[22]
- Admiral Sir William W. Fisher, 13 July, 1936[23]
- Admiral of the Fleet The Right Hon. The Earl of Cork and Orrery, 3 July, 1937[24]
- Admiral Sir William M. James, 30 June, 1939[25]
- Admiral Sir Charles J. C. Little, 1942
Flag Captains
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Wollaston C. Karslake, 19 February, 1894[26]
- Captain William H. May, 13 March, 1897[27]
- Captain Francis C. B. Bridgeman, 10 August, 1897[28]
- Captain Edward P. Jones, 3 October, 1900[29]
- Captain Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, 21 May, 1903[30]
- Captain Richard F. Phillimore, 20 May, 1905[31]
- Captain A. Gordon H. W. Moore, 8 February, 1907[32]
- Captain William H. Baker-Baker, 12 August, 1907[33]
- Captain E. Hyde Parker, 23 March, 1908[34]
- Captain John de M. Hutchison, 30 April, 1910[35]
- Captain Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair, 24 March, 1911[36]
- Captain Richard G. A. W. Stapleton-Cotton, 1 September, 1913[37]
Footnotes
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
- ↑ Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
- ↑ Hotham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 636.
- ↑ Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 9.
- ↑ "Important Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 20 June, 1904. Issue 37425, col A, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 9 February, 1907. Issue 38252, col B, p. 9.
- ↑ Fanshawe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 443.
- ↑ Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 275.
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 1296/39. f. 915.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 16 July, 1912. Issue 39952, col D, p. 13.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 2.
- ↑ "Naval Command Changes" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 27 March, 1919. Issue 42059, col F, p. 13.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 28 April, 1920. Issue 42396, col G, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 28 April, 1923. Issue 43327, col G, p. 15.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 28 April, 1926. Issue 44257, col E, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 29 April, 1929. Issue 45189, col E, p. 21.
- ↑ "Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 9 June, 1931. Issue 45844, col C, p. 20.
- ↑ "Portsmouth Command Change" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 17 June, 1933. Issue 46473, col F, p. 12.
- ↑ Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 231.
- ↑ "Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 3 July, 1937. Issue 47727, col F, p. 14.
- ↑ "Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 17 February, 1939. Issue 48232, col F, p. 4.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 268g.
- ↑ May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 860.
- ↑ Bridgeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 167.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 310.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 202.
- ↑ Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29a
- ↑ Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 64.
- ↑ Baker-Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 118.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
- ↑ Hutchison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 132.
- ↑ Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 390.
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