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Revision as of 20:46, 10 May 2014

Admiral Stuart St. John Farquhar, Royal Navy, Retired (2 October, 1865 – 8 February, 1941) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Farquhar was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1898.[1]

Captain

Farquhar was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1905.[2]

He was appointed Captain of the heavy cruiser Kent in December 1909.[3]

Great War

Appointed command of the battleship Britannia on 19 July, 1916.[4]

Farquhar was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 26 April, 1917.[5] He was placed on the Retired List on 27 April.[6]

Retirement

Farquhar was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 6 April, 1922,[7] and advanced to the Admiral on the Retired List on 25 October, 1926.[8]

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 26983. p. 3984. 1 July, 1898.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 27870. p. 24. 2 January, 1906.
  3. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  4. The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 392p.
  5. The London Gazette: no. 30037. p. 3955. 27 April, 1917.
  6. The London Gazette: no. 30042. p. 4095. 1 May, 1917.
  7. The London Gazette: no. 32672. p. 3030. 14 April, 1922.
  8. The London Gazette: no. 33221. p. 7406. 16 November, 1926.

Bibliography

Service Records


 


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