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[[Inspector of Machinery (Royal Navy)|Inspector of Machinery]] '''Richard Sennett''', Royal Navy (25 October, 1847 – 4 September, 1891) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
[[Inspector of Machinery (Royal Navy)|Inspector of Machinery]] '''Richard Sennett''', Royal Navy (25 October, 1847 – 4 September, 1891) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].


==Early Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
Sennett became Acting [[Engineer-in-Chief (Royal Navy)|Engineer-in-Chief]] of the Royal Navy at the very early age of thirty-nine.
On 25 April, 1883, Sennett was appointed to the Admiralty as Inspector of Machinery in the Controller's Department.<ref>''Navy List'' (September, 1885).  p. 255, p. 299.</ref>  On 29 October, 1885, he was promoted to the rank of [[Inspector of Machinery (Royal Navy)|Inspector of Machinery]].  William Castle, promoted at the same time, was fourteen years his senior.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25525/pages/5026 no. 25525.  p. 5026.]  3 November, 1885.</ref>  In 1886 Sennett became Acting [[Engineer-in-Chief (Royal Navy)|Engineer-in-Chief]] of the Royal Navy at the very early age of thirty-nine, pending the retirement of Sir James White.  He resigned in 1889 to join the firm of Maudslay, Sons & Field.<ref>''Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects'' (1917).  p. 230.</ref>  He died on 4 September, 1891, at Walton-on-Thames, aged forty-three.


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 21:08, 2 March 2011

Inspector of Machinery Richard Sennett, Royal Navy (25 October, 1847 – 4 September, 1891) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

On 25 April, 1883, Sennett was appointed to the Admiralty as Inspector of Machinery in the Controller's Department.[1] On 29 October, 1885, he was promoted to the rank of Inspector of Machinery. William Castle, promoted at the same time, was fourteen years his senior.[2] In 1886 Sennett became Acting Engineer-in-Chief of the Royal Navy at the very early age of thirty-nine, pending the retirement of Sir James White. He resigned in 1889 to join the firm of Maudslay, Sons & Field.[3] He died on 4 September, 1891, at Walton-on-Thames, aged forty-three.

Footnotes

  1. Navy List (September, 1885). p. 255, p. 299.
  2. London Gazette: no. 25525. p. 5026. 3 November, 1885.
  3. Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects (1917). p. 230.

Bibliography

  • "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Monday, 7 September, 1891. Issue 33423, col A, pg. 1.

Service Record


Naval Offices
Preceded by
James Wright
Engineer-in-Chief
1886 – 1889
Succeeded by
John Durston