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Revision as of 08:54, 26 October 2013

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]

Captain

Kelly was appointed to Majestic on 4 February, 1911, for command of H.M.S. Empress of India.[Citation needed]

On the occasion of the coronation of King George V, he was promoted to the rank of Captain, dated 22 June.[3] He was superseded on 18 July and on 15 August was granted permission to study French in his own time. After a period of half pay, he was appointed to President on 18 August, 1912, for a Signal Course, and on 9 September for the War Course at the Royal Naval War College, where he obtained a First Class and placed eighth out of eight captains in order of merit. He was adjudged to be "V.G. & attentive." In October he was classed as an Acting Interpreter in French. Having completed the War Course on 20 December, on 1 January, 1913, he was appointed to Victory as Superintendent of Physical Training at the Royal Naval Barracks. On 21 February his services were placed at the disposal of the 1913 Royal Naval and Military Tournament as Assistant Director of Contracts, to whom he was lent 21 May to 7 June.

On 3 January, 1914, he was admitted to Haslar Royal Naval Hospital with a hernia, and remained in hospital for two months. He was given command of the Hermione in the Fourth Cruiser Squadron on 7 April 1914.[4] On 13 May he was ordered home and returned to Britain on the liner Mauretania. Kelly was appointed in command of the light cruiser Dublin on 6 July, 1914.[5] and assumed command on 21 July.[Citation needed]

Great War

In September 1916, Kelly was appointed in command of the light cruiser Weymouth.[6]

Kelly was appointed command of Princess Royal on 8 July, 1917, temporarily handing command to Sidney R. Drury-Lowe for just shy of three months between 9 October and 30 December.[7][8]

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.[9] On 1 April he became sole Director of Operations upon the termination of Captain Coode's being terminated without relief.[10]

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral dated 21 November, 1921, vice Glossop.[11]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 25 October, 1926, vice Fergusson.[12]

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.[13]

Kelly was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 12 December, 1930, vice Alexander-Sinclair.[14]

On 12 July, 1936, Kelly was specially promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet.[15]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26471. p. 7581. 29 December, 1893.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27691. p. 4182. 1 July, 1904.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28505. p. 4596. 19 June, 1911.
  4. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 322d.
  5. ↑ Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 166.
  6. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. ↑ Kelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 166.
  8. ↑ Drury-Lowe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 214.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31099. p. 106. 1 January, 1919.
  10. ↑ "Office Acquaint. No. 71." The National Archives. ADM 116/1803.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32540. p. 9890. 6 December, 1921.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33221. p. 7406. 16 November, 1926.
  13. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33501. p. 3667. 3 June, 1929.
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33670. p. 8076. 16 December, 1930.
  15. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34308. p. 4742. 24 July, 1936.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral of the Fleet Sir J. D. Kelly" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 5 November, 1936. Issue 47524, col B, p. 16.
  • Lowis, Commander Geoffrey (1959). Fabulous Admirals and Some Naval Fragments: Being a Brief Account of some of the Froth on those Characters who Enlivened the Royal Navy a Generation or Two Ago. London: Putnam.

Papers

Service Records


Naval Appointments
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
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