George Edwin Patey

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Admiral SIR George Edwin Patey, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., Royal Navy (24 February, 1859 – 4 February, 1935) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Patey was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 10 August, 1881.[1]

Patey was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1894.[2]

Patey was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1900.[3]

He was appointed to command the battleship Venerable on 12 November, 1902.[4]

On the occasion of the King's visit to Malta Patey was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) on 27 April, 1903.[5]

He succeeded Rear-Admiral Cecil Burney as Inspecting Captain of Boys' Training Ships on 4 November, 1907.[6]

On 22 March, 1908, he was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King Edward VII, vice Brock.[7]

Flag Rank

Patey was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 January, 1909, vice Casement.[8]

Patey hoisted his flag in the battle cruiser Australia on 23 June, 1913 as Rear-Admiral Commanding the Australian Fleet.[9] On 30 June he was knighted by King George V on the occasion of the Royal visit to the Australia, being appointed a Knight Commander in the Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.).[10]

Great War

Patey was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 14 September, 1914, supernumerary to the establishment.[11]

Patey was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the North America and West Indies Station on 7 March, 1915.[12]

He was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (K.C.M.G.) on 1 January, 1916.[13]

Patey was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 1 January, 1918, vice Farquhar.[14] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 January, 1919.[15]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26534. p. 4154. 12 August, 1881.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26585. p. 7. 1 January, 1895.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27150. p. 3. 2 January, 1900.
  4. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 29 October, 1902. Issue 36911, col B, pg. 9.
  5. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27560. p. 3525. 2 June, 1903.
  6. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 5 November, 1907. Issue 38482, col A, pg. 6.
  7. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28122. p. 2261. 24 March, 1908.
  8. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28212. p. 131. 5 January, 1909.
  9. ↑ Commonwealth of Australia: The Navy List (October, 1913). p. 17.
  10. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28734. p. 4734. 4 July, 1913.
  11. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28910. p. 7478. 22 September, 1914.
  12. ↑ "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461. p. 34.
  13. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29423. p. 83. 1 January, 1916.
  14. ↑ London Gazette: no. 30457. p. 273. 4 January, 1918.
  15. ↑ London Gazette: no. 31104. p. 199. 3 January, 1919.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir George Patey" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 6 February, 1935. Issue 46981, col E, pg. 14.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Edward E. Bradford 		Rear-Admiral, Second Division, Home Fleet
1910 – 1911 		Succeeded by
Herbert G. King-Hall

Preceded by
Sir A. Gordon H. W. Moore 		Vice-Admiral Commanding,
Second Battle Cruiser Squadron
1915 		Succeeded by
William C. Pakenham

Preceded by
New Command 		Commander-in-Chief on the North America and West Indies Station
1915 – 1916 		Succeeded by
Montague E. Browning

 

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