Richard Sennett
Inspector of Machinery Richard Sennett, Royal Navy (25 October, 1847 – 4 September, 1891) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
On 25 April, 1883, Sennett was appointed to the Admiralty as Inspector of Machinery in the Controller's Department.[1] On 29 October, 1885, he was promoted to the rank of Inspector of Machinery. William Castle, promoted at the same time, was fourteen years his senior.[2] In 1886 Sennett became Acting Engineer-in-Chief of the Royal Navy at the very early age of thirty-nine, pending the retirement of Sir James White. He resigned in 1889 to join the firm of Maudslay, Sons & Field.[3] He died on 4 September, 1891, at Walton-on-Thames, aged forty-three.[4] Sir William White wrote of him, "… a man who by what he had done and dared had helped the cause of marine engineering in many ways, and in a manner which had yet to recognised."[5]
Footnotes
Bibliography
- "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Monday, 7 September, 1891. Issue 33423, col A, pg. 1.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/24.
| Naval Offices | ||
| Preceded by James Wright |
Engineer-in-Chief 1886 – 1889 |
Succeeded by John Durston |
