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Revision as of 02:15, 9 August 2014
Admiral SIR Montague Edward Browning, G.C.B., G.C.M.G, G.C.V.O., R.N. (18 January, 1863 – 4 November, 1947) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.
Early Life & Career
Browning was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1885.[1]
He was lent to the Inflexible as Gunnery Officer for the annual manœuvres on 18 July, 1889. In an accident on 15 August on board Inflexible he lost his left hand. He was surveyed and, probably unsurprisingly under the circumstances, found medically unfit on 7 November. It was recommended that he not be re-surveyed for two months or more. On 20 November it was decided that he be kept on the books of Excellent until he recovered. Surveyed on 21 January, 1890, he was reported to be fit, "having been fitted with an efficient mechanical substitute for the hand."
Browning was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1897.[2]
Captain
Browning was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1902.[3] ON 5 June, he assumed command of the first class protected cruiser Ariadne.[4]
Browning was captain of Commonwealth from 1907 until February 1908.[5]
He commanded the battleship Britannia from July 1909 until the end of 1910.[6]
Flag Rank
On 5 January, 1911 Browning was appointed as the Navy's fourth and final Inspector of Target Practice, in succession to Richard H. Peirse.[7]
Browning was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 22 September, 1911, vice Walker.[8]
In a 1912 letter to Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Fisher described Browning as a "Psalm-singing fool."[9]
After the abolition of the post of Inspector of Target Practice, Browning was appointed Rear-Admiral of the {{UK-BS|3} of the First Fleet on 29 August, 1913, hoisting his flag aboard the Hibernia the same day.[10]
Great War
Browning was still Rear-Admiral, Third Battle Squadron, and still in the Hibernia, at the outbreak of the war.
On 27 July, 1915 he was appointed to the command of the Third Cruiser Squadron, with his flag in the Antrim,[11] which with the Third Battle Squadron had been stationed at Rosyth since the war began. In April, 1916 both squadrons were detached from the Grand Fleet and moved to the Swin (Thames estuary), then returned north after the battle of Jutland. In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June, 1916, 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.).[12]
In August, 1916 Browning was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the North America and West Indies Station with the acting rank of Vice-Admiral, and he assumed command with his flag in the Leviathan on 13 September.[13] In that capacity he represented his country in discussions with the United States naval authorities on joint action in the conduct of the war at sea. He was confirmed in the rank of Vice-Admiral on 26 April, 1917.[14] On the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 4 June.[15]
In February, 1918, he returned to the Grand Fleet to take command of the Fourth Battle Squadron with his flag in the Hercules.
Post-War
After the armistice of November, 1918 he was appointed president of the allied naval armistice commission, and paid visits in the Hercules to the German naval ports to see that the settled terms were duly carried out. The economist J. M. Keynes alleged that Browning had "no idea in his head but the extirpation and further humiliation of a despised and defeated enemy."[16] Browning joined the Board of Admiralty as Second Sea Lord in March, 1919 and was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 1 November.[17] He became Commander-in-Chief for three years in September, 1920.
Browning was appointed an Ordinary Member of the First Class, or Knight Grand Cross, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) on the occasion of the King's birthday on 3 June, 1924.[18] He was appointed First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp in May, 1925 and placed on the Retired List on 4 October, 1926.[19] He returned to court duty in March, 1929 as Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom, became Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom in February, 1939, and finally retired in June, 1945.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Montague Browning" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 6 November, 1947. Issue 50911, col E, p. 7.
- Baddeley, V. W. (1959). Dictionary of National Biography: 1941-1950 Supplement. London: Oxford University Press.
Papers
- Papers in the possession of the Imperial War Museum.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/87.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/20.
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Preceded by Cecil F. Thursby |
Rear-Admiral in the Third Battle Squadron 1913 – 1915 |
Succeeded by Sydney R. Fremantle
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Preceded by William L. Grant |
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Third Cruiser Squadron 1915 – 1916 |
Succeeded by Command Abolished
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Footnotes
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25485. p. 3002. 30 June, 1885.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26809. p. 4. 1 January, 1897.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27393. p. 3. 3 January, 1902.
- ↑ Browning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 124.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 360.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28534. p. 7010. 26 September, 1911.
- ↑ Fisher to Churchill, 5 March, 1912. Fear God and Dread Nought. ii. p. 439.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 267.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915) p. 6.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29608. p. 5553. 2 June, 1916.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (September, 1917). p. 7.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30037. p. 3955. 27 April, 1917.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30111. p. 5454. 4 June, 1917.
- ↑ Keynes. Two Memoirs. p. 13
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31632. p. 13545. 7 November, 1919.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32941. p. 4408. 3 June, 1924.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33209. p. 6440. 8 October, 1926.
- ↑ Browning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 124.
- ↑ Browning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 124.
- ↑ Browning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 124.
- ↑ Browning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 124.
- ↑ Browning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 124.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 4.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 14.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 34.
- ↑ Browning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 309.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 119.
- ↑ Browning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. p. 429.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33049. p. 3445. 22 May, 1925.
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