Difference between revisions of "Richard Edward Tracey"

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Revision as of 15:32, 26 September 2012

Admiral SIR Richard Edward Tracey, K.C.B., Royal Navy (24 January, 1837 – 7 March, 1907) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

For his services at Shimonoseki Tracey was specially promoted to the rank of Commander on 18 November, 1864.[1]

In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 5 February, 1872, on 8 February of that year Tracey was promoted to the rank of Captain with seniority of 29 December, 1871.[2]

He was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria dated 7 April, 1885, vice Fremantle.[3]

Tracey was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 January, 1888.[4]

Tracey was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 23 June, 1893,[5] after the death of Sir George Tryon.

On the occasion of the Queen's birthday he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 21 May, 1898.[6] He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 29 November, vice Richards.[7]

In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 22 February, 1870, he was placed on the Retired List on 24 January, 1902.[8]

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 22913. p. 5473. 18 November, 1864.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 23826. p. 510. 9 February, 1872.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 25461. p. 1670. 14 April, 1885.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 25772. p. 15. 3 January, 1888.
  5. The London Gazette: no. 26419. p. 3843. 7 July, 1893.
  6. The London Gazette: no. 26969. p. 3229. 21 May, 1898.
  7. The London Gazette: no. 27029. p. 7818. 2 December, 1898.
  8. The London Gazette: no. 27401. p. 582. 28 January, 1902.

Bibliography

  • "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 9 March, 1907. Issue 38276, col B, p. 8.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
St. George C. D'Arcy-Irvine
Second-in-Command, Channel Squadron
1889 – 1890
Succeeded by
Loftus F. Jones

Preceded by
Alexander Buller
Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard
1892 – 1894
Succeeded by
Richard Duckworth-King

Preceded by
Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe
President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
1897 – 1900
Succeeded by
Sir Robert H. More Molyneux

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