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==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
 
Wells was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 30 October, 1884, vice [[Thomas Brandreth|Brandreth]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25410/pages/4710 no. 25410.  p. 4710.]  31 October, 1884.</ref>
 
Wells was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 30 October, 1884, vice [[Thomas Brandreth|Brandreth]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25410/pages/4710 no. 25410.  p. 4710.]  31 October, 1884.</ref>
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Wells was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 6 August, 1890, vice [[William Graham|Graham]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26077/pages/4328 no. 26077.  p. 4328.]  8 August, 1890.</ref>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 07:54, 20 July 2011

Vice-Admiral Richard Wells as Commander in Chief at the Nore in 1896.
Photograph: Naval and 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]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 25410. p. 4710. 31 October, 1884.
  2. London Gazette: no. 26077. p. 4328. 8 August, 1890.

Bibliography

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

Service Records


Naval Offices
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