John Pakenham Pipon

Captain John Pakenham Pipon, C.B., C.M.G., AdC., Royal Navy (10 January, 1849 – 6 May, 1899) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Pipon was born at Malta. As a acting Sub-Lieutenant, he served in the second-rate ship-of-the-line Zealous. Upon making Sub-Lieutenant on 12 September 1868, he served briefly in the receiving ship Duke of Wellington before commencing a a nearly two yer stint in Hercules, ending 29 April, 1872. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 3 September, 1872.

Pipon served in the wooden screw corvette Modeste from early 1874 until she paid off on 8 May, 1877. On 23 February, 1876, Pipon was gazetted with praise for his services in charge of gun and rocket boats in operations against the Malays at the Straits of Malacca.

Pipon was promoted to the rank of Commander with seniority of 11 September, 1880.

Pipon was promoted to the rank of Captain with seniority of 1 January, 1887.

On 15 April, 1890, Pipon was appointed a captain of the second class protected cruiser Magicienne.

In early 1894, Pipon was appointed in command of the second class protected cruiser Sirius, which was operating on the Southeast Coast of America and given the option of remaining in command of the station or of being relieved at the end of his commission. He took command of the ship on 8 February. In 1895, the Foreign Office and the Admiralty expressed their appreciation of Pipon's protection of British interests during a naval rebellion in Brazil. He remained with Sirius until she paid off on 26 July, 1895.

On 12 November, 1895, Pipon succeeded Captain John Durnford as Captain of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

In the Queen's Diamond Jubilee honours, Pipon 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 22 June, 1897.

Pipon was appointed in command of the battleship Cæsar in the Mediterranean on 13 January, 1898.

He was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria dated 13 January, 1899, vice Moore.

On 2 March, Pipon was granted 30 days leave to England. On 1 April, he asked to be permitted to resign his appointment in Cæsar. Accordingly, he was superseded in command on 14 April. He died less than a month later, on 6 May, his death reported by Commander Herbert Whitmore Savory.

His son, James Murray Pipon, born in 1882, would eventually attain the rank of Vice-Admiral in the service.

Bibliography

• "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 8 May, 1899. Issue 35823, col E, p. 8.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. Ranger 21 Mar, 1884	Succeeded by Samuel A. Johnson
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Magicienne 18 Jul, 1889 – 18 Sep, 1889	Succeeded by John P. Pipon
Preceded by John P. Pipon	Captain of H.M.S. Magicienne 15 Apr, 1890 – 29 Aug, 1893	Succeeded by Arthur C. Clarke
Preceded by Robert S. Rolleston	Captain of H.M.S. Sirius 10 Jan, 1894 – 26 Jul, 1895	Succeeded by Robert A. J. Montgomerie
Preceded by John Durnford	Captain of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich 12 Nov, 1895 – 13 Jan, 1898	Succeeded by Spencer H. M. Login
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Cæsar 13 Jan, 1898 – 14 Apr, 1899	Succeeded by Edward H. Gamble