Military Service
He was appointed as a Naval Cadet RN (With seniority dated 12/1860).
He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RN (With seniority dated 29/09/1866).
He was appointed as a Lieutenant RN (With seniority dated 23/08/1867).
He served in an Arctic Expedition 1875-76.
He was appointed as a Commander RN (With seniority dated 03/11/1876).
He was appointed as a Captain RN (With seniority dated 30/06/1882).
He was appointed as the Naval Attache For Europe 1882.
He was appointed to Private Secretary for the First Lord of the Admiralty (Lord Northbrook) 1882-85.
He was appointed as a Commodore RN in 1891.
He served in the Training Squadron 1891.
He was appointed as the Director of Naval Intelligence 1894-97.
He was appointed as an AdC to HM the Queen 1895-97.
He was appointed as a Rear-Admiral (With seniority dated 23/08/1897).
He was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief HM Ships and Vessels on the Pacific Station (Flag in H.M.S. Warspite) 1899.
He was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief Australian Station 1900.
He was appointed as a Vice-Admiral RN (With seniority dated 01/09/1902).
He was appointed as an Admiral RN (With seniority dated 17/10/1906).
He was appointed as the First and Principal AdC to HM the King 1911. (He was qualified as a Gunnery Officer.)
References
- Longstaff, F.V. (1941)
- MacFarlane, John M. (1994)
