Edward Leonard Booty
Vice-Admiral Edward Leonard Booty, C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy (19 May, 1871 – 8 March, 1949) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Booty was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in August, 1892.[1]
Booty was promoted to the rank of Commander in June, 1903.[2]
Booty was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1908.[3]
On 1 July, 1911, Booty was appointed in command of the first class protected cruiser Ariadne and also in command of a group of ships of the Home Fleet's Fourth Division.[4]
Booty was married to Emily Louisa Rawles on 18 July, 1911 at the Register Office in Paddington. On 5 January, 1912, he left Ariadne to take up command of Dryad and of the Portsmouth Navigation School.[5]
Great War
On 1 September, 1914, Booty closed the Portsmouth Navigation School. On 12 November, he was appointed in command of the submarine Otway.[6]
Post-War
Booty was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 19 February, 1920.[7]
Booty was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 February, 1921. He would spend the 1920s working as a Nautical Assessor.[8]
Booty was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral in August, 1925.[9]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Thomas L. Barnardiston |
Captain of H.M.S. Ariadne 1 Jul, 1911[10][11] |
Succeeded by Henry G. G. Sandeman |
| Preceded by Henry W. Grant |
Captain of H.M.S. Dryad 5 Jan, 1912[12] – 29 Jul, 1914[13] |
Succeeded by Bernard E. Prichard |
| Preceded by Henry. W. Grant |
Captain of Portsmouth Navigation School 5 Jan, 1912[14] – 1 Sep, 1914[15] |
Succeeded by School Closed until 1919 |
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Otway 12 Nov, 1914[16] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by New Command |
Third-in-Command, Tenth Cruiser Squadron 12 Nov, 1914[17] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Philip H. Colomb |
Assistant to Admiral Commanding Coastguard and Reserves 6 Feb, 1917[18] |
Succeeded by ? |
Footnotes
- ↑ Booty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/173. f. 186.
- ↑ Booty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/173. f. 186.
- ↑ Booty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/173. f. 186.
- ↑ Booty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/173. f. 186.
- ↑ Booty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/173. f. 186.
- ↑ Booty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/173. f. 186.
- ↑ Booty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/173. f. 186.
- ↑ Booty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/173. f. 186.
- ↑ Booty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/173. f. 186.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Day of month inferred from Barnardiston Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 414.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1914). p. 305.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1913). p. 304.
- ↑ Schofield. Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. p. 192.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401v.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401v.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396r.
