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Finnis was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1886.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25545/pages/7 no. 25545.  p. 7.]  1 January, 1886.</ref>
 
Finnis was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1886.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25545/pages/7 no. 25545.  p. 7.]  1 January, 1886.</ref>
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Finnis was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 1 January, 1893.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26359/pages/2 no. 26359.  p. 2.]  2 January, 1893.</ref>
  
 
Finnis was appointed to [[H.M.S. Cambrian (1893)|''Cambrian'']] as {{Com2RN}} on 20 June, 1902.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 2 June, 1902.  Issue '''36783''', col D, pg. 9.</ref>
 
Finnis was appointed to [[H.M.S. Cambrian (1893)|''Cambrian'']] as {{Com2RN}} on 20 June, 1902.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 2 June, 1902.  Issue '''36783''', col D, pg. 9.</ref>

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Admiral Frank Finnis, C.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (8 November, 1851 – 17 November, 1918) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

On 21 April, 1883, he was appointed to the Senior Staff of H.M.S. Cambridge, gunnery ship at Devonport.[1]

Finnis was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1886.[2]

Finnis was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1893.[3]

Finnis was appointed to Cambrian as Commodore, Second Class on 20 June, 1902.[4]

Finnis was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 16 February, 1905, vice Grenfell.[5]

Finnis was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) on 3 August, 1907.[6]

Finnis was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 15 November, 1908.[7] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 9 February, 1909.[8] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 20 March, 1913.[9]

On 24 April, 1915, he was granted a temporary Commission as a Captain in the Royal Naval Reserve.[10]

Footnotes

  1. Navy List (December, 1884). p. 254.
  2. London Gazette: no. 25545. p. 7. 1 January, 1886.
  3. London Gazette: no. 26359. p. 2. 2 January, 1893.
  4. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 2 June, 1902. Issue 36783, col D, pg. 9.
  5. London Gazette: no. 27766. p. 1279. 21 February, 1905.
  6. London Gazette: no. 28048. p. 5390. 6 August, 1907.
  7. London Gazette: no. 28201. p. 9182. 1 December, 1908.
  8. London Gazette: no. 28223. p. 1111. 12 February, 1909.
  9. London Gazette: no. 28703. p. 2159. 21 March, 1913.
  10. London Gazette: no. 29145. p. 4061. 27 April, 1915.

Bibliography

  • "Fallen Officers" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 20 November, 1918. Issue 41952, col F, pg. 8.

Service Records