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Kennedy was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 1 June, 1916.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29621/supplements/5827 (Supplement) no. 29621. p. 5827.] 13 June, 1916.</ref> | Kennedy was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 1 June, 1916.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29621/supplements/5827 (Supplement) no. 29621. p. 5827.] 13 June, 1916.</ref> | ||
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Admiral Francis William Kennedy, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (15 December, 1862 – 11 July, 1939) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
He came thirty-ninth in order of merit out of forty-two candidates who passed the examination for naval cadetships.[1]
He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 1 April, 1886.[2]
Kennedy was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1898.[3]
He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1904.[4]
On 13 July, 1905, he was appointed in command of the Thetis.[5]
Great War
Admiral Milne noted in his confidential report on Kennedy: "Zealous & painstaking. I have sometimes thought he did not quite understand the CinC's orders, or carry them out. Rather of the buffoon type, yet well meaning. Handles his ship well."[6]
Kennedy was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 June, 1916.[7]
On 15 September he 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.) dated 31 May.[8]
On 23 June, 1917, Kennedy was appointed Senior Naval Officer at Peterhead.[9]
Kennedy was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 24 March, 1920, vice de Robeck, and placed on the Retired List the following day, 25 March.[10]
He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 8 May, 1925.[11]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 4 December, 1875. Issue 28490, col A, pg. 6.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25574. p. 1595. 2 April, 1886.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26924. p. 7854. 31 December, 1897.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27750. p. 25. 3 January, 1905.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 13 July, 1905. Issue 37758, col D, pg. 10.
- ↑ ADM 196/88. f. 64.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29621. p. 5827. 13 June, 1916.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29751. p. 9070. 15 September, 1916.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 3.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 3186. p. 4474. 16 April, 1920.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33049. p. 3445. 22 May, 1925.
Bibliography
- "Admiral F. W. Kennedy" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 12 July, 1939. Issue 48355, col C, pg. 16.
Papers
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/20.
- 1862 births
- 1939 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1876
- Captains of H.M.S. Cruiser (1879)
- Captains of H.M.S. Thetis (1890)
- Captains of H.M.S. Amphitrite (1898)
- Captains of H.M.S. Ocean (1898)
- Captains of H.M.S. Trafalgar (1887)
- Captains of H.M.S. Glory (1899)
- Captains of H.M.S. Indomitable (1907)
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
