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[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''Richard Wells''', K.C.B., Royal Navy (3 February, 1833 &ndash; 9 October, 1896) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
 
[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''Richard Wells''', K.C.B., Royal Navy (3 February, 1833 &ndash; 9 October, 1896) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
  

Revision as of 10:07, 31 January 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

Footnotes

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