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==Early Life & Career== | ==Early Life & Career== | ||
Stanley was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1901.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27263/pages/82 no. 27263. p. 82.] 4 January, 1901.</ref> | |||
==Captain== | ==Captain== | ||
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Admiral THE HONOURABLE SIR Victor Albert Stanley, K.C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy (17 January, 1867 – 9 June, 1934) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.
Early Life & Career
Stanley was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1901.[1]
Captain
Stanley was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1905.[2]
Stanley was appointed to the Pomone for command of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth on 14 August, 1912.[3]
Great War
In August, 1914, Stanley was appointed in command of the new battleship Erin, requisitioned from the Ottoman Empire.[4]
Stanley was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 26 April, 1917.[5] He was succeeded in command of Erin by Captain Walter M. Ellerton,[6] and was appointed to the Admiralty for special service on 6 July.[7]
Post-War
Stanley was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 2 March, 1926, vice Hope.[8]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27263. p. 82. 4 January, 1901.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27812. p. 4557. 30 June, 1905.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 8 July, 1912. Issue 39945, col C, pg. 11.
- ↑ Navy List (October, 1915). p. 393s.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30037. p. 3955. 27 April, 1917.
- ↑ Navy List (November, 1917). p. 393n.
- ↑ Navy List (November, 1917). p. 396v.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33139. p. 1650. 5 March, 1926.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Victor Stanley" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 11 June, 1934. Issue 46777, col C, pg. 17.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
- 1867 births
- 1934 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1880
- Royal Navy Naval Attachés
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Essex (1901)
- Commanding Officers of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Erin (1913)
- Rear-Admirals in the First Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Admiral of the Training Service (Royal Navy)
- Vice-Admirals Commanding, Reserve Fleet (Royal Navy)
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
