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==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 17:34, 23 June 2014

Admiral Sir James A. Fergusson, 1930.
Photograph: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Admiral SIR James Andrew Fergusson, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Royal Navy (16 April, 1871 – 13 April, 1942) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

On 21 July, 1892 he was confirmed in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, dated 14 February, 1891.[1] On the same day, he was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 67 for manoeuvres.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1893.[3]

Fergusson was specially promoted to the rank of Commander on 21 October, 1900, for services in South Africa.[4]

Captain

Fergusson was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1905.[5]

Great War

He was appointed in command of the battleship Thunderer on 14 August, 1915,[6] and directed her operation as part of the Second Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland.[7] His report on the battle appears in the Official Despatches.

Fergusson was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 27 April, 1917.[8]

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.) on 1 January, 1918.[9]

Post-War

Fergusson was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 6 April, 1922, vice Pakenham.[10]

He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 25 October, 1926, vice Tothill.[11] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 11 June, 1928.[12]

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir James Fergusson" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 16 April, 1942. Issue 49211, col E, p. 7.

Service Records

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command 		Rear-Admiral Commanding,
Devonport Reserve
1919 		Succeeded by
Maurice Woollcombe

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles F. Sowerby 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 67
21 Jul, 1892[13] – ? 		Succeeded by
Herbert R. L. Edwards
Preceded by
James de C. Hamilton 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 35
May, 1894[14] – ? 		Succeeded by
Harold F. B. Handley
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Shannon
10 Mar, 1908[15] – ? 		Succeeded by
George H. Baird
Preceded by
Charles L. Vaughan-Lee 		Captain of H.M.S. Warrior
1 Dec, 1911[16] – ? 		Succeeded by
George H. Borrett
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Benbow
14 May, 1914[17] – ? 		Succeeded by
Henry W. Parker
Preceded by
Charles L. Vaughan-Lee 		Captain of H.M.S. Thunderer
14 Aug, 1915[18] – ? 		Succeeded by
Thomas D. Gilbert
Preceded by
Cecil F. Lambert 		Rear-Admiral Commanding, Second Light Cruiser Squadron
9 May, 1918[19] – ? 		Succeeded by
Arthur A. M. Duff
Preceded by
Douglas R. L. Nicholson 		Rear-Admiral Commanding, Devonport Reserve
18 Mar, 1919[20] – ? 		Succeeded by
Maurice Woollcombe
Preceded by
Sydney R. Fremantle 		Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
1 May, 1919[21] – ? 		Succeeded by
Osmond de B. Brock
Preceded by
Alexander L. Duff 		Assistant Chief of Naval Staff
24 Jul, 1919[22] – ? 		Succeeded by
Alfred E. M. Chatfield
Preceded by
Walter H. Cowan 		Rear-Admiral Commanding, First Light Cruiser Squadron
1920 – ? 		Succeeded by
Hubert G. Brand
Preceded by
Michael Culme-Seymour 		Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station
1924 – ? 		Succeeded by
Walter H. Cowan
as Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26310. p. 4249. 26 July, 1892.
  2. ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Saturday, 16 July, 1892. Issue 33692, col A, p. 17.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26422. p. 3981. 14 July, 1893.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27244. p. 6779. 6 November, 1900.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27870. p. 25. 2 January, 1906.
  6. ↑ Fergusson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 199.
  7. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 43.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30042. p. 4095. 1 May, 1917.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30451. p. 79. 1 January, 1918.
  10. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32672. p. 3030. 14 April, 1922.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33221. p. 7406. 16 November, 1926.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33394. p. 4107. 15 June, 1928.
  13. ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Saturday, 16 July, 1892. Issue 33692, col A, p. 17.
  14. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1894. p. 196.
  15. ↑ Fergusson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 199.
  16. ↑ Fergusson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 199.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 281.
  18. ↑ Fergusson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 199.
  19. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 25.
  20. ↑ Fergusson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 199.
  21. ↑ Fergusson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 199.
  22. ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 123.

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