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[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] '''Edward Leigh Stuart King''', C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (22 February, 1889 – 8 May, 1971) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
 
[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] '''Edward Leigh Stuart King''', C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (22 February, 1889 – 8 May, 1971) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
  
Succeeded Commander [[Sidney Robert Bailey]] as Gunnery Officer of [[H.M.S. Erin (1913)|''Erin'']] in 1916 and so remained until war's end.  He then served as Gunnery Officer of [[H.M.S. Warspite (1913)|''Warspite'']], and was promoted there to Commander in December, 1919.
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Succeeded Commander [[Sidney Robert Bailey]] as Gunnery Officer of {{UK-Erin}} in 1916 and so remained until war's end.  He then served as Gunnery Officer of {{UK-Warspite}}, and was promoted there to Commander in December, 1919.
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He commanded {{UK-QueenElizabeth}} from April 1936, seeing her start a refit the following year.{{MackieRNW}}
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 18:09, 17 October 2012

Admiral Edward Leigh Stuart King, C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (22 February, 1889 – 8 May, 1971) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Succeeded Commander Sidney Robert Bailey as Gunnery Officer of Erin in 1916 and so remained until war's end. He then served as Gunnery Officer of Warspite, and was promoted there to Commander in December, 1919.

He commanded Queen Elizabeth from April 1936, seeing her start a refit the following year.[1]

Notes

  1. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.


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